The veteran's claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus was denied, and the evidence received since the previous denial is not new and material to reopen a claim for service connection for pes planus.
The deciding factor: The veteran's diabetes mellitus does not require regulation of activities or insulin, and the evidence submitted since the prior denial does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the service connection claim for pes planus.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, Pes planus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 23, 2009
- Citation
- 0902392
What this means for you
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