The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for diabetic gastroparesis was granted, and he is now rated at 30 percent.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated severe incomplete paralysis of the tenth cranial nerve, warranting a 30 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic gastroparesis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- November 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1043439
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of diabetic gastroparesis to correct a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error, specifically to obtain an addendum medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's diabetic gastroparesis was aggravated by his service-connected MDD.
- Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates of March 11, 2022 for the grants of service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and associated complications.
- Granted
The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II, bilateral retinopathy, diabetic nephropathy, and other related conditions are granted as secondary to service-connected diabetes.,Service connection is established for the Veteran’s diabetes-related disabilities.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for an effective date earlier than March 31, 2008, for the award of service connection and a higher rating for GERD, to include diabetic gastroparesis and hiatal hernia.
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