The Board granted service connection for type II diabetes mellitus based on a direct link to the Veteran's active military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence established an in-service diagnosis of diabetes and consistent post-service treatment, establishing a nexus between the current condition and active service.
- Claimed conditions
- type II diabetes mellitus (diabetes)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25091312
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,062 · Granted: 34% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Granted
The Veteran's diabetes and coronary artery disease are granted as service connected, with the latter being secondary to his now-service-connected diabetes.
- 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.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during its pendency.
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