The Board granted service connection for diabetes and a bilateral foot disability, to include neuropathy, based on the evidence showing that these conditions manifested within the one-year presumptive period following the Veteran's separation from active duty.
The deciding factor: The benefit of the doubt was given in favor of the appellant as the evidence was in approximate balance regarding whether the Veteran's diabetes manifested to a compensable degree within the presumptive period, and his bilateral foot disability is secondary to his now service-connected diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus Type II (diabetes), Bilateral foot disability, to include neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25006731
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Decisions by this judge: 715 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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