The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date of January 12, 2012 for the award of service connection for diabetes mellitus type 1 with retinopathy and erectile dysfunction is granted. The appeal to revise the February 28, 2002 and September 19, 2007 rating decisions on the basis of CUE is denied.
The deciding factor: The claim was reopened in November 2012 due to new evidence submitted by the Veteran, including a VA doctor's opinion linking his diabetes to an in-service viral syndrome. The effective date for service connection is set at January 12, 2012, which is when the claim was reopened.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type 1
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 29, 2024
- Citation
- 24009929
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus type 2 with diabetes mellitus type 1, finding that the earliest effective date was January 23, 2020.
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