Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claim for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for the cause of death, as well as the service connection claims for type II diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease.
The deciding factor: No additional benefit may be awarded after basic entitlement has been terminated by severance of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- type II diabetes mellitus (diabetes), chronic kidney disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106410
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