The Board granted an effective date of April 7, 1999, for the award of service connection for diabetes mellitus with diabetic retinopathy and denied earlier effective dates for other diabetic peripheral neuropathies.
The deciding factor: The Veteran is a Nehmer class member and the earliest claim for diabetes mellitus was received on April 7, 1999, which aligns with the date of entitlement based on service in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus with diabetic retinopathy, Right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, Left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, Right upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, Left upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25041152
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
The Veteran's appeal for increased ratings was denied, except for a grant of TDIU effective May 30, 2023.
- Granted
The Board granted increased disability ratings of 40 percent for both the left and right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, effective May 27, 2022, as well as a total disability rating based on individual unemployability from that date.
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