Diabetes Board decisions

The Board denied service connection for lung cancer and diabetes mellitus type II, finding no evidence of radiation exposure during service and insufficient medical opinion to link the conditions to service.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to exposure to chemicals, including herbicides, as the Veteran's conditions are not clearly related to his military service. Additional development is needed to verify the Veteran's exposure and obtain medical opinions regarding the nature of his disabilities.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral pes planus (flatfoot) and diabetes mellitus, type II are being remanded due to the need for additional development. The Board will seek to obtain all relevant medical records, including those from Womack Army Medical Center, and request an opinion on the etiology of the Veteran's flatfoot disability.

The Board has remanded the claim for diabetes mellitus, type II due to a need for additional development and an addendum opinion regarding service connection on a secondary basis with obesity as an intermediate step.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and hypertension due to exposure to herbicide agents, as new evidence supports reopening of these previously denied claims.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus and pancreatic cancer, both presumed due to herbicide exposure. The evidence did not support a current diagnosis of either condition.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for diabetes mellitus type II, left foot and right foot peripheral neuropathy, bilateral knee peripheral neuropathy, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus due to potential exposure to herbicide agents during service. The RO is instructed to obtain deck logs from ships involved in the Veteran's service and confirm his presence at sea off the coast of Vietnam.

The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including coronary artery disease, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, diabetes mellitus, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, cataracts and dry eyes, and other conditions, are found to be of sufficient severity to prevent him from securing or following substantially gainful employment for the period prior to September 17, 2018.

The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to outstanding VA treatment records and further medical opinions are needed.

The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and earlier effective dates for diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy (PN), left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing loss, and tinnitus have been dismissed.,A 40 percent rating has been granted for PN in the upper and lower extremities.

The Veteran's application to reopen the claim of service connection for diabetes mellitus is granted. The Board has also remanded the issues of service connection and TDIU due to conflicting evidence.

The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and a heart disorder, finding that the Veteran was exposed to herbicides during his service aboard the USS America. The heart disorder is considered ischemic heart disease.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea and diabetes mellitus are being remanded due to the need to obtain private treatment records.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for respiratory disorder, heart disorder, sleep apnea, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus, type II due to exposure to asbestos, lead paint, and other hazardous chemicals during his service on the USS Ponce.

The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for hypertension due to diabetes mellitus and herbicide exposure. The examiner is required to provide an addendum opinion addressing whether hypertension was caused by diabetes mellitus, aggravated by diabetes mellitus, or caused by herbicide exposure.

Service connection has been granted for prostate cancer and diabetes mellitus type II, both presumed to be due to herbicide agent exposure during service. Service connection is also being remanded for hypertension as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.,The Veteran's hypertension was not directly related to his active duty service but may have been aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for higher disability ratings for diabetes mellitus, finding that the evidence did not support a rating higher than 10 percent prior to April 1, 2015 or higher than 20 percent thereafter.

The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete verification of the Veteran's exposure claims. The Veteran is seeking service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, but his exposure claims are not fully verified.

The Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus contributed substantially to his death from pancreatic cancer, and the Board granted DIC benefits based on this finding.

The Veteran's testimony was heard and his SSA disability benefits were noted. The case is being remanded to obtain the Veteran's complete SSA records.