The Board granted service connection for the cause of death due to diabetes mellitus type 2, finding that there is at least evenly balanced evidence supporting its role in contributing to the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The evidence was found to be at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM II) was a contributory cause of death, and reasonable doubt was resolved in favor of the appellant.
- Claimed conditions
- DM II
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109160
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Decisions by this judge: 705 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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