Partly granted
The Board granted a separate initial rating of 10 percent for hypertension (as a complication of diabetes) effective November 17, 2023, and denied ratings in excess of the current levels for diabetes mellitus with retinopathy and gastroparesis, neuropathy of the left foot, and entitlement to a total disability rating due to individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hypertension (as a complication of diabetes) met the criteria for a 10 percent rating effective November 17, 2023, but there was no evidence supporting ratings in excess of the current levels for the other conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus with retinopathy and gastroparesis, Hypertension (as a complication of diabetes), Neuropathy of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25014205
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