The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of type 2 diabetes mellitus was dismissed as a matter of law because the claim was not filed within one year after his separation from active duty.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not file a formal or informal claim for service connection prior to April 10, 2006, which is more than one year after his June 1969 separation from active duty. The effective date of an award based on a claim to reopen could be no earlier than the date on which that claim was received.
- Claimed conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2018
- Citation
- 18111283
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right hip disability and type 2 diabetes mellitus, finding that the evidence did not support an in-service disease or injury related to these conditions.,Both the right hip disability and type 2 diabetes mellitus were found to have no onset during service or within one year of separation from service.
- Denied
The Board denied the claims for increased ratings for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hypothyroidism, as well as remanded the claims for service connection of left and right hip disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for type 2 diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremity due to potential association with in-service symptoms.
- Denied
The Board has denied the appeal challenging the reduction of the Veteran's type 2 diabetes mellitus rating from 60 percent to 20 percent, effective May 1, 2023. The evidence shows improvement in ability to function under ordinary conditions of life and work.
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