Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the appeal for an initial rating higher than 60 percent for Type 1 diabetes mellitus and dismisses the appeals for service connection and higher ratings for left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing loss, bilateral tinnitus, lumbosacral strain, and right shoulder strain due to untimely notices of disagreement.
The deciding factor: The appeal is remanded because the AOJ failed to obtain necessary medical records from a private endocrinologist, which could have provided evidence for a higher rating for Type 1 diabetes mellitus. The additional appeals are dismissed as untimely.
- Claimed conditions
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus, left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing loss, bilateral tinnitus, lumbosacral strain, right shoulder strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25087398
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