The Board granted service connection for type I diabetes mellitus, which is presumed to have been incurred in active military service. The issues of entitlement to service connection for gastroparesis with muscle loss and stomach impairment, retinopathy, and neuropathy as secondary to diabetes mellitus are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in relative equipoise on the question of whether type I diabetes mellitus became manifested to a degree of 10 percent within a year of discharge from active service. The Board resolved all reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran and granted service connection based on this presumption.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, Gastroparesis with muscle loss and stomach impairment, Retinopathy, Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 7, 2008
- Citation
- 0811380
What this means for you
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