The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type I, finding that the Veteran's condition manifested within one year of his discharge from service and is not attributable to intercurrent causes.
The deciding factor: The weight of evidence supports a diagnosis of diabetes in April 1998, which is within one year of the Veteran's discharge from service, thus meeting the criteria for presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.307(a)(2).
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type I (diabetes)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25047492
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Decisions by this judge: 998 · Granted: 40% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Dismissed
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