The Board has determined that an effective date prior to May 13, 2009 for the grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus type II is denied. The Veteran's high cholesterol was not found to be a disability for which service connection may be granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not file a claim for service connection for diabetes prior to May 13, 2009 and the effective date of the award of service connection for diabetes is assigned based on when the application was received by VA, not when the disability appeared or when entitlement arose.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, left shoulder disorder, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, benign hypertrophy of prostate
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2016
- Citation
- 1639033
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