The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for diabetes type I, but denied the claim as there is no evidence to suggest that the Veteran's diabetes was incurred in or related to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing a link between the Veteran's military service and his diagnosed diabetes type I.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes type I
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 20, 2022
- Citation
- 22053318
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's diabetes type I and multiple myeloma are granted as service-connected due to exposure to herbicide agents during his military service at Fort McClellan.
- Partly granted
The Board has denied reopening the claim of service connection for diabetes type I and remanded the issue of assigning a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran's application to reopen his diabetes type I claim was not successful due to lack of new and material evidence, while the hearing loss case requires further examination.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and to obtain a medical opinion regarding the Veteran's diabetes type I, including whether it is related to service. The issues of service connection for both diabetes type I and high blood pressure are being remanded.
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