BVA Decisions on Diabetes
37 real veterans-appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving diabetes — Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) decisions, each labeled with its court. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.
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| Rating | Monthly (2026, incl. 2.8% COLA) |
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| 10% | $180.42 |
| 20% | $356.66 |
| 30% | $552.47 |
| 40% | $795.84 |
| 50% | $1,132.90 |
| 60% | $1,435.02 |
| 70% | $1,808.45 |
| 80% | $2,102.15 |
| 90% | $2,362.30 |
| 100% | $3,938.58 |
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CAVCCase 02-1077 — Vacated / Denied April 14, 2005In an addendum, the VA physician opined: This veteran's CAD is more likely than not related to both his long[]standing smoking and his [hypertension (HPT)]....
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CAVCCase 92-622 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded March 6, 1995The appellant has filed a brief requesting that the Court vacate the Board's decision denying his claims for back condition and arthritis, reverse the Board's finding that the evid...
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CAVCCase 04-0140 — Affirmed September 11, 2006In May 1982, a VA regional office (RO) denied him entitlement to service connection for his heart-related conditions on the grounds that there was no evidence in his service medica...
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CAVCCase 93-550 — Dismissed / Vacated December 20, 1994In October 1972, an RO decision on appeal found "no evidence sufficiently new and material to warrant a rating change"....
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CAVCCase 94-169 — Vacated / Remanded August 9, 1995The Board concluded that there was no evidence that the appellant experienced hearing loss during service....
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CAVCCase 94-850 — Vacated October 7, 1996In the August 3, 1994, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board concluded that the veteran had not submitted a well-grounded claim for service connection for Crohn's disease....
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BVACase 23007415 — Granted / Denied / Remanded February 6, 202318-30 679 DATE: February 6, 2023 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim for service connection for bilateral hearing loss is reopened, and to that extent o...
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CAVCCase 93-985 — Vacated July 14, 1995This case presents the Court with three related questions: (1) Whether this claim was well grounded when only "hearsay" medical evidence (the appellant's statement as to what his p...
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CAVCCase 92-1235 — Unknown December 20, 1995In the June 30, 1992, BVA decision, here on appeal, the Board denied entitlement to service connection for Huntington's chorea and vascular headaches....
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BVACase 24009973 — Granted / Denied / Remanded February 29, 202420-27 542 DATE: February 29, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim of service connection for a low back disorder is reopened and to this extent only,...
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BVACase 13-3410 — DeniedJudge Hughes declines to opine as to when the VA’s duty to assist requires it to supply qualifications information and suggests that the veteran MATHIS v....
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BVACase 23006286 — Denied / Remanded February 1, 2023The Veteran's cervical spine disability is not related to his active service....
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DecisionCase 25009942 — Granted / Denied July 31, 2025At which time, the Board found additional information and evidence had been submitted by the Veteran, which raised additional theories of entitlement to service connection that wer...
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CAVCCase 03-1276 — Remanded / Vacated / Reversed August 5, 2005A December 30, 2002, Board decision denied the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death; the Board found that "[n]o service-connected disabilit...
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CAVCCase 02-0682 — Reversed / RemandedIn January 1994, VA issued a Statement of the Case (SOC), which noted, among other things, that on January 28, 1993, the veteran was not service connected, that the veteran had “re...
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CAVCCase 90-103 — Vacated September 15, 1993actor in the veteran's unemployment; to discuss the veteran's capacity for work; and to discuss the credibility of the veteran's sworn testimony as evidence....
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BVACase 220930-281637 — Denied / Remanded November 18, 2024Establishing service connection generally requires (1) evidence of a current disability; (2) evidence of in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury; and (3) eviden...
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CAVCCase 93-289 — Affirmed April 6, 1995The Board denied the appellant's claim and she filed a timely appeal to this Court....
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CAVCCase 93-1098 — Affirmed April 13, 1995Barnett, appeals a September 13, 1993, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen her cla...
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CAVCCase 94-328 — Vacated / Remanded / Denied April 23, 1996ision denying service connection for DM and remand the matter for further consideration because the Board failed to consider whether his DM might be secondary to asserted malnutrit...
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CAVCCase 91-1292 — Vacated February 24, 1993In addition, coronary heart disease, and diabetes are listed as "OTHER SIGNIFICANT CONDITIONS--Conditions contributing to death but not related to [immediate cause]....
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BVACase 12-3739 — UnknownAfter twice remanding for development of the record, the Board concluded that there was insuffi- cient evidence to support Mr....
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BVACase 08-3238 — UnknownDarlington was entitled to a medical nexus opinion....
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BVACase 24031166 — Denied / Remanded September 26, 2024The Veteran's right knee, bilateral shoulder, and bilateral elbow disabilities are not related to an in-service injury or disease, to include as due to service in Southwest Asia an...
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BVACase 07-3529 — UnknownThe Board found that the available service medical records did not show any diagnosis of gallbladder cancer....
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BVACase 230831-373372 — Denied / Granted September 28, 2023, there is a nexus, or link, between something that happened in service and the Veteran's disability....
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BVACase 11-0952 — UnknownIn July 1975, Stallworth was sepa- rated from service after an Army medical board found him unfit for further military duty....
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BVACase 23047753 — Dismissed / Granted / Remanded August 30, 2023A grant for service connection for a disability requires: (1) a present disability or persistent or recurrent symptoms of a disability; (2) an in-service incurrence or aggravation ...
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BVACase 23008764 — Granted February 9, 2023A timely substantive appeal was received in August 2018 and the claim was subsequently remanded by the Board in a June 2019 decision in order to obtain a VA medical nexus opinion....
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BVACase 220321-229078 — Denied / Remanded / Granted October 29, 2024Service connection generally requires (1) medical evidence of a current disability; (2) medical or, in certain circumstances, lay evidence of an in-service incurrence or aggravatio...
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BVACase 220623-256040 — Granted / Denied / Remanded December 11, 2024In the November 2019 examiner opined the Veteran's current lumbar spine arthritis is less likely than not related to military service, reasoning the radiologic examination in 2004 ...
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BVACase 220223-222178 — Denied / Remanded May 22, 2024FINDING OF FACT The Veteran is not service connected for the primary disability of PAD; the medical evidence weighs against finding that the claimed left hip disability was proxima...
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CAVCCase 93-686 — Vacated / Remanded November 1, 1995The appellant filed an appeal claiming that VA did not address the issue of his entitlement to a 100% rating from February 1990....
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BVACase 210922-186906 — Denied / Vacated August 27, 2024The Board denied the claim of entitlement to TDIU in a December 2016 decision....
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CAVCCase 98-1632 — Dismissed / Affirmed / Remanded / Vacated July 27, 2000Determining whether the cause of the veteran's death is service connected is a finding of fact reviewed under the "clearly erroneous" standard of review....
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CAVCCase 96-1764 — Denied / Vacated / Affirmed / Remanded Decmeber 3, 1998§ 7104(b) prohibiting reopening of previously and finally disallowed claims except upon new and material evidence....
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BVACase 24033637 — Denied / Granted December 2, 2024The parties agreed that remand was necessary because the Board did not address the Veteran's argument that his disability was secondary to his service-connected non-allergic rhinit...