The Veteran's diabetes mellitus was granted a rating of 60 percent effective January 27, 2012. The TDIU claim for prior to October 23, 2008, was also granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran’s diabetes mellitus required insulin and regulation of activities with episodes of ketoacidosis or hypoglycemic reactions requiring one or two hospitalizations per year or twice a month visits to a diabetic care provider, plus complications that would not be compensable if separately evaluated.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), urinary incontinence secondary to prostatic hypertrophy, hypertension, diabetic dermopathy of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- April 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19123823
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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