Diabetes Board decisions

The Veteran's claims for service connection on multiple conditions have been dismissed due to his death during the appeal process.

The Veteran's cause of death was due to ventricular fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, ischemic cardiomyopathy, type II diabetes mellitus, and end-stage renal disease. The Board found no evidence linking these conditions to military service or exposure to herbicide agents.

The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for coronary artery disease, diabetes, and diabetic peripheral neuropathy have been denied as his conditions do not meet the criteria for higher ratings under VA rating criteria.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including ischemic heart disease, bilateral upper and lower extremity neuropathy, diabetes mellitus type II, and hearing loss, have rendered him unable to engage in substantially gainful employment. The Board finds that the evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether his service-connected conditions preclude him from working.

The Board has granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death due to hypertension, which is presumed related to herbicide exposure under the PACT Act. The Board also found that hypertension likely contributed to the Veteran's decline and death.

The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development regarding service connection for renal dysfunction.,Prior to March 10, 2022, the Veteran's sciatic diabetic peripheral neuropathy of both lower extremities was evaluated at a 10 percent rating. From March 10, 2022 to June 10, 2022, his sciatic diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity (RLE) and femoral diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity were both rated at a 20 percent disability rating.

The Board has decided the appeal is remanded to obtain a new secondary service connection opinion regarding the Veteran's claim for chronic kidney disease, which is claimed as being related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board has decided to remand the cases for further development regarding the Veteran's claimed herbicide exposure during his service in Okinawa, specifically related to diabetes mellitus type II and angiosarcoma.

The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II, and related conditions have been rated at a 70 percent disability level since December 22, 2008. The Board has determined that he is entitled to a TDIU on an extraschedular basis from December 15, 2005, to December 22, 2008, and on a schedular basis thereafter.

The Veteran's renal cell carcinoma and diabetes mellitus, type II are granted service connection due to exposure to toxic chemicals at Fort McClellan. The cases for peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities as well as SMC based on loss of use of a creative organ are remanded.

The Board found that the Veteran's service-connected conditions did not preclude him from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment, thus denying a TDIU on both schedular and extraschedular grounds prior to July 13, 2017.

The Board has denied service connection for hypertension and diabetes mellitus as there was no evidence of a disease or injury during service, and symptoms were not chronic in service. The Board also found that the Veteran did not have continuous symptomatology since service.

The Veteran's service in the Republic of Vietnam during his active duty is presumed, and he has been diagnosed with diabetes. Therefore, the claim for service connection for diabetes is granted.

The appeal for service connection of diabetes mellitus is dismissed. The Board has remanded the issues regarding a higher rating for voiding dysfunction and an earlier effective date for SMC.

The claims for diabetes mellitus, type II; hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol); bilateral hearing loss disability; tinnitus; and left knee disability have been granted. The claims for PTSD were remanded.

The Veteran's service-connected bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, along with his diabetes mellitus type II, have made it impossible for him to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted a TDIU based on these conditions.

Your claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus has been granted, and you no longer have a pending appeal on this issue.

The Veteran's chest wall scar is granted as secondary to his service-connected ischemic heart disease. The issues of increased ratings for ischemic heart disease and diabetes, and service connection for vision loss due to diabetes are remanded.

The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, with the exception of hypertension. The diagnoses of type 2 diabetes mellitus and heart problems are presumed due to herbicide exposure in Thailand during service.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board has granted TDIU.