Ask Your VA Claims Question | Current Forum Posts | Search | Rules | View All Forums
VA Disability Articles | Chats and Other Events | Donate | Blogs | New Users
- 0
Diabetes type 1 then rediagnosed to type 2
Rate this question
Ask Your VA Claims Question | Current Forum Posts | Search | Rules | View All Forums
VA Disability Articles | Chats and Other Events | Donate | Blogs | New Users
Rate this question
Question
uniccco
ladies and gentlemen I am seeking disability for type 2 diabetes for 20 years I was being treated for type 1 by the Va and on jan 6 2016 I was told I should be classified type 2 by the VA, my question is as a secondary condition to chronic pain depressive dos order and left and right knee flexion which is all service connected is it possible to connect or will it be denied
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Top Posters For This Question
6
5
1
Popular Days
Jun 22
7
Jun 18
2
Jun 21
2
Jun 24
1
Top Posters For This Question
Berta 6 posts
uniccco 5 posts
ShrekTheTank 1 post
Popular Days
Jun 22 2019
7 posts
Jun 18 2019
2 posts
Jun 21 2019
2 posts
Jun 24 2019
1 post
Popular Posts
ShrekTheTank
So to show a secondary condition you need to show how you Diabetes has affected your other service connected disabilities. It only has to affect one, but you do need a Nexus or IMO to show the link.
Berta
These are not common conditions that would cause Diabetes Mellitus-and I have found nothing yet at BVA or on the net to show your conditions could have caused the DMII- however , one of the most preva
Berta
I finally found a good example of what I was looking for: "The Board finds that the appellant's sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, type 2, and hypertension are at least as likely as not the result o
11 answers to this question
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now