The Board has determined that the effective date for the grant of a TDIU is May 8, 2001, due to the liberalizing law adding diabetes Type II to the list of presumptive diseases under 38 C.F.R. § 3.307.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected disabilities, including diabetes Type II and a below-the-knee amputation of the right leg, meet the criteria for TDIU effective May 8, 2001, due to the liberalizing law adding diabetes Type II as a presumptive disease under 38 C.F.R. § 3.307.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes Type II, below-the-knee amputation of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 90%
- Decision date
- June 28, 2004
- Citation
- 0417015
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- Denied
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- Denied
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