The Board has determined that the veteran's diabetes mellitus, Type I, was manifest to a compensable degree within one year of his separation from active service and granted service connection for this condition based on its presumptive nature under VA law.
The deciding factor: Diabetes mellitus, Type I, may be presumed to have been incurred during active service due to the veteran's diagnosis in November 1967, which is within one year of his separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, Type I
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2007
- Citation
- 0737131
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to an inextricably intertwined issue of service connection for dementia claimed as secondary to a service-connected disability of diabetes mellitus. The TDIU claim is also being remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims are being remanded to schedule a hearing before a Member of the Board at his local VA office.
- Denied
The veteran's diabetes mellitus, Type I, does not meet the criteria for a rating in excess of 40 percent.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's diabetes mellitus, Type I, existed prior to service and was not aggravated by service. As a result, the claim for service connection is denied.
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