The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II as secondary to a bilateral knee disability and an effective date of October 14, 2020 for the award of service connection for migraine headaches.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the opinion that obesity caused by the service-connected bilateral knee disability contributed to the development of diabetes mellitus type II. Migraines were found to be related to tinnitus and an earlier effective date was granted due to a reasonable expectation of the claim being included in the 2020 tinnitus claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, type II, Migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25101698
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