The Board denied an initial disability rating greater than 20 percent for the service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II, and denied an initial compensable disability rating between December 3, 2003 and December 18, 2006 and an initial disability rating greater than 10% since December 19, 2006 for bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus does not require insulin or regulation of activities, and the audiometric test results do not warrant a higher evaluation for his bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension, Diabetes mellitus, type II, Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (right foot), Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (left foot), Bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2008
- Citation
- 0813301
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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