Diabetes Board decisions

The Board has denied service connection for diabetes mellitus and hypertension, finding no evidence of a nexus between the disabilities and active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, finding that he did not serve in Vietnam and thus could not be granted presumptive service connection based on exposure to herbicides. The Board also found no direct evidence of diabetes within one year after discharge.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of March 31, 2001 for service connection of diabetes mellitus.

The Board has determined that the veteran's claimed conditions, including diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy, eye disability, headaches, and psychiatric disability (depression), were not incurred or aggravated by service. The evidence does not support a finding of service connection for any of these conditions.

The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for hearing loss and an earlier effective date for diabetes mellitus. The claim for hearing loss was not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence, while the claim for diabetes mellitus did not meet the criteria for an earlier effective date.

The veteran's appeal involves multiple issues including PTSD, diabetes, and various musculoskeletal conditions. The RO is instructed to issue a statement of the case for these claims and afford the veteran an opportunity to perfect his appeals.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for Special Monthly Pension (SMP) based on needing regular aid and attendance of another person or being housebound due to his multiple disabilities.,The veteran had hypertension, heart problems, hearing loss, depression, diabetes, and arthritis. However, he did not have a single disability rated at 100% that would meet the requirement for SMP based on need for A&A.

The Board has determined that the veteran's diabetes mellitus, pes planus, and gout affecting the feet are all service-connected. The veteran is presumed to have been sound at the time of his entry into active military service.

The Board found that the veteran's diabetes mellitus was not incurred or aggravated by service, nor may it be presumed to have been incurred as a result of exposure to herbicides during service. The claim for service connection was therefore denied.

The veteran's claim for an effective date prior to December 15, 1998 for the grant of service connection for diabetes insipidus was granted. The earlier claim for service connection was received on November 9, 1979 and was not adjudicated by the RO at that time.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining medical records and a VA examination to determine if the veteran's stroke was caused by or had its origins in his military service.

The veteran's claims are being remanded due to the need for additional VA and private medical records, as well as a VA examination. The appeal will be reconsidered after these actions.

The VA denied the veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, finding no evidence of exposure to herbicides and noting that DM was not shown during active service or until many years after separation.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including skin cancer of the ear and neck, hypertension, peripheral vascular disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder, hyperlipidemia, and Type II Diabetes Mellitus, all presumed to be related to exposure to Agent Orange. The veteran's claims were not supported by evidence showing a direct link between his service and these conditions.

The Board has remanded the case for further consideration due to a recent private medical report submitted by the veteran. The original decision denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, Type II.

The Board has granted service connection for atherosclerotic heart disease as secondary to the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus. The veteran also received increased ratings for his peripheral neuropathy and erectile dysfunction.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinopathy, hypertension, and coronary artery disease, finding no evidence linking these conditions to his military service or herbicide exposure.

The veteran's claims for service connection for Type II diabetes with retinopathy and nephropathy, as well as for hypertensive heart disease, were denied. The Board found no evidence of these conditions during or within one year after the veteran's period of active service.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to April 10, 2002 for the grant of a non-service-connected pension due to lack of evidence showing entitlement arose before that date.

The Board has determined that the evidence is in equipoise regarding whether the veteran's current heart disorder is related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus type 2. As such, the benefit of doubt is granted, and the claim for secondary service connection for a heart disorder is granted.