Partly granted
The Board denied an earlier effective date for service connection for diabetes, granted a 20 percent rating for diabetes from December 13, 2018, and granted service connection for bilateral lower extremity neuropathy with an effective date of October 23, 2021.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the earliest claim date for service connection for diabetes was January 18, 2013, which is when a claim for coronary artery disease (CAD) was filed. The Veteran's diabetes developed secondary to his CAD, and an effective date cannot predate the primary disability.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II, bilateral lower extremity neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016752
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