The appeal to readjudicate the claim of entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, Type II, was denied due to a lack of new and relevant evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and relevant evidence was submitted to reopen the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for DM II.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type II (DM II)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25012173
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 785 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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