The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type I due to new evidence submitted since the August 1996 decision.,However, the claim remains denied as there is no evidence that the veteran's current diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, type I, was incurred during active duty.
The deciding factor: The Board found that while a current diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, type I, has been established, there is no evidence to support its in-service onset or connection.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type I, residuals, laceration of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2008
- Citation
- 0836669
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type I and bilateral lower extremity diabetic neuropathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus, type I.
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