The Board granted an initial rating of 60 percent for hypertension with diabetic nephropathy and denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for diabetes mellitus, type II. The appeal regarding entitlement to a total disability rating based upon individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities was remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II, did not require regulation of activities or result in separately compensable complications other than his already separately rated diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, erectile dysfunction, and hypertension with diabetic nephropathy. The evidence supported a 60 percent rating for hypertension with diabetic nephropathy due to definite decrease in kidney function.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, type II, Hypertension with diabetic nephropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2024
- Citation
- 24002728
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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