The Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II is now rated at 40 percent effective May 8, 2012. The Board has granted a higher rating for the diabetes mellitus type II.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s service-connected diabetes mellitus type II requires insulin, restricted diet, and regulation of activities, which meets the criteria for a 40 percent disability rating under DC 7913.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lung thromboembolism, ureterolithiasis and cystic kidney disease, breast cancer, basal cell carcinoma, neuropathy of the left upper extremity, neuropathy of the right upper extremity, neuropathy of the lower left extremity, neuropathy of the lower right extremity
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- June 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18111103
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