The Veteran's diabetes mellitus is currently rated at 20 percent, and the Board found no evidence of complications warranting a higher rating. The issues regarding bilateral hearing loss and degenerative arthritis or disc disease of the lumbar spine were also addressed but are not detailed in this decision.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any significant diabetic complications that would warrant a higher disability rating, such as nephropathy, neuropathy, retinopathy, or cardiovascular issues. The Veteran's erectile dysfunction was attributed to multiple risk factors rather than diabetes alone.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- July 20, 2010
- Citation
- 1026994
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