Diabetes Board decisions

The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty-to-assist error and requires additional medical opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's OSA, PTSD, and DM II.

The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of October 28, 2019 for the award of service connection for chronic renal disease (claimed as chronic kidney disease) is granted. The Board found that this date was when entitlement to service connection arose due to evidence showing a relationship between the Veteran's diabetes and his chronic renal disease.

The Board has remanded the claims for diabetes mellitus, arthritis both hands, GERD, erectile dysfunction, gout, liver disability to include steatohepatitis (NASH), obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and hypertension due to a lack of response from VA medical records.

The Veteran's claims for bladder cancer, diabetes mellitus II, atrial fibrillation (claimed as ischemic heart disease), bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus have been denied. The Board found no evidence of herbicide exposure during service and thus could not grant presumptive service connection based on Agent Orange exposure. The Veteran did not provide credible evidence to support his claims for direct-service incurrence or continuity of symptomatology.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, Type II is granted as presumptively linked to his service aboard the U.S.S. Hull in the territorial waters of the Republic of Vietnam.

The Veteran's claim for total disability based on individual unemployability prior to November 27, 2017 is denied. The claim for special monthly compensation based on statutory housebound status prior to November 27, 2017 is also denied.

The Board has dismissed the claims for service connection for diabetes, heart impairment, and hearing loss. The psychiatric impairment and skin impairment claims have been remanded due to new evidence submitted.

The Board has restored service connection for Type 1 diabetes mellitus, finding that the initial grant of service connection was not clearly and unmistakably erroneous.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a failure to provide proper notice of his right to a pre-decisional hearing before the AOJ.

The Veteran's appeals for service connection have been dismissed due to a procedural defect in the docketing of the claims.

The Veteran's hepatic steatosis, DMII, and ED are all remanded for further review due to the need for a medical examination.,Specifically, the Board is requesting additional evidence or an opinion regarding whether these conditions are related to his exposure to contaminated water at Camp LeJeune.

The Veteran's coronary artery disease and congestive heart failure are related to service, and the Board has granted service connection for these conditions. The claims for erectile dysfunction, diabetes type 2, and bilateral lower body neuropathy have been remanded for further evaluation.

The Board has granted service connection for osteoporosis, OSA, GERD, and diabetes mellitus type 2 as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected autoimmune hearing loss.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment since April 19, 2011. His TDIU is granted from that date.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for high cholesterol, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus, type II due to statutory duties under the PACT Act. The Veteran is presumed to have been exposed to burn pits and other toxins during his deployment in Kuwait.

The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for diabetes mellitus and gout due to incomplete VA medical opinions regarding the Veteran's obesity, diabetes mellitus, and gout.

The Veteran's service connection claims for diabetic nephropathy, chronic kidney disease, and rheumatoid arthritis have been granted. The claim for rheumatoid arthritis is remanded due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error.

The appeal of service connection for diabetes mellitus is dismissed. The appeals of service connection for a left knee disability and OSA are remanded.

The Veteran's claim for diabetes mellitus is denied as the evidence does not support a direct relationship to service.,The claims for left ankle and right ankle disabilities are denied due to lack of current diagnoses or established continuity of symptoms.,Service connection for left hand degenerative arthritis is denied because there is no persuasive evidence linking it to service.

The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for diabetes mellitus, type II was denied in the November 2023 decision. The Board has decided to remand this case due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.