Diabetes Board decisions

The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service connection claims, including erectile dysfunction, headache, diabetes mellitus, type II, bilateral foot disability, skeletal arthritis, depression, muscle damage to left side, pelvis injury, bilateral eye disability, low back disability, TBI, right hip and knee disabilities, GERD, and bilateral kidney disability. The remand includes obtaining VA treatment records from 1988 to present and scheduling a new examination for the right hip.

The Board has dismissed all service connection claims for various conditions as the Veteran died before a decision could be made.

The Board has determined that additional development is needed to properly adjudicate the Veteran's claims for higher disability evaluations and TDIU. This includes obtaining VA treatment records, scheduling additional examinations, and reviewing all evidence added since the last Supplemental Statement of the Case.

The Veteran's service-connected diabetes and peripheral neuropathy disabilities have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment, meeting the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD and diabetes mellitus do not preclude him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation, as he has been employed full-time during the period on appeal.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy have been granted. Service connection for glaucoma has been denied.

The Board has granted service connection for kidney disease as secondary to diabetes mellitus type 2, finding that the Veteran's current diagnosed kidney condition is related to his service-connected diabetes.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent her from obtaining and maintaining substantially gainful employment consistent with her educational and occupational background prior to April 16, 2019.

The Veteran's diabetes is related to exposure during service, specifically at Fort McClellan. The VA has not conducted the necessary development regarding this exposure and a remand is required for further investigation.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus as there was no evidence of herbicide exposure in Vietnam and no competent medical evidence linking his current diagnosis to service.

The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities for the entire appeal period.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including PTSD, diabetes mellitus type II with erectile dysfunction, peripheral vascular disease, and bilateral hearing loss, rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment from October 16, 2009, through April 5, 2016. The Board granted a TDIU during this period.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for diabetes mellitus, type II, hypertension, kidney condition, headache disability, acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD), and sleep apnea due to exposure to herbicide agents during service. Further development is needed to verify if herbicide agents were used at Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center while the Veteran was stationed there from February 1969 to December 1969.

The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for diabetic ketoacidosis was denied as the evidence did not show that he required at least three hospitalizations per year or weekly visits to a diabetic care provider, which is necessary for a higher disability rating.

The Veteran's claim for residuals of fracture of left leg, claimed as left leg fracture is denied due to lack of current residuals.,The Veteran's COPD is not etiologically related to service.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient examination regarding the etiology of the Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II and its relation to service, particularly his hypertension.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to intertwining issues and insufficient medical opinions. The heart disability claim is now recharacterized as a heart condition, and additional development is needed regarding secondary service connection for hypertension and diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for various conditions, including lung disability, CAD, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism, and OSA, due to exposure during service. The Veteran's MOS was as an engineering equipment repairman and he served near Camp Carroll in the Republic of Korea.

The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, on a presumptive basis due to exposure to herbicide agents during the Vietnam Era.

The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and bilateral lower extremity diabetic neuropathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes. The decision is based on the presumption of herbicide agent exposure in Thailand.