The Board denied the claims for increased rating for diabetes and hearing loss, granted service connection for chronic kidney disease secondary to diabetes, and remanded the claim for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremity.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's diabetes mellitus does not require insulin or regulation of activities; it has resulted in chronic kidney disease. The Board denied a compensable rating for hearing loss as the Veteran's hearing acuity did not meet the criteria for a higher rating, and the evidence did not support an extraschedular rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Erectile Dysfunction, Hearing Loss, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 (Diabetes), Chronic Kidney Disease, Peripheral Neuropathy of the Upper Extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25098430
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