The Veteran's diabetes, which was service-connected in April 2014 and rated at 20 percent from August 29, 2001 to March 15, 2003, and at 20 percent from February 3, 2004, does not require regulation of activities as part of medical management. The Board found no evidence that the Veteran's activities required regulation by a medical professional.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not require regulation of activities to control his diabetes mellitus based on medical records and VA examination reports.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- November 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19186319
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