The Board granted an initial rating of 40 percent for diabetes mellitus type I, but no higher, for the appeal period prior to February 21, 2018.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's diabetes required insulin, restricted diet, and regulation of activities without episodes of ketoacidosis or hypoglycemic reactions requiring one or two hospitalizations per year or twice a month visits to a diabetic care provider, which met the criteria for a 40 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7913.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus type I
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25108394
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Decisions by this judge: 1,432 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied an initial disability rating in excess of 40 percent for the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type I, as there was no evidence that his condition required hospitalizations or twice monthly visits to a diabetic care provider.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including diabetes mellitus type I and rheumatoid arthritis of multiple joints, as well as Hashimoto's thyroiditis and diabetic retinopathy, due to inadequate medical opinions regarding their relationship to in-service toxic exposure.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for diabetes mellitus type I was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not demonstrate regulation of activities due to diabetes prior to February 21, 2018, and thus a rating in excess of 20 percent is denied. For the period after February 21, 2018, the Veteran's diabetes required one or more daily injections of insulin, restricted diet, and regulation of activities with episodes of ketoacidosis or hypoglycemic reactions requiring hospitalizations or visits to a diabetic care provider.
- Denied
The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type I is rated at 60 percent since January 16, 2020. The rating is denied as the evidence does not meet the criteria for a higher evaluation.
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