The A - Z Guide: Veterans VA Disability Benefits
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Diabetes
DMII
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Diabetes
The VA Program For Diabetes
http://www1.va.gov/diabetes/
The Vietnam Veteran & Type II Diabetes (Adult Onset Diabetes)
http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/
Disabled veterans in wheelchairs pass the Washington Monument during the dedication parade for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Diabetes; Special Notes
If you are a Vietnam veteran diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes (DMII or Adult Onset Diabetes) or if you are not a Vietnam veteran but have had your diagnosis rated as service connected for other reasons, you should know that many other conditions may be caused by or contributed to by the diabetes condition.
It is widely accepted in health care that diabetes causes and contributes to atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) and that may cause heart attack, stroke, blindness, impotence, kidney disease, conditions of the peripheral nerves or a host of other serious problems.
In most cases, the diabetes must be diagnosed first before other conditions will be rated as secondary to the diabetes. For example, a veteran may have a heart attack at age 45 and then at age 55 be diagnosed with diabetes. In that event, the heart condition is not likely to ever be considered as associated to the diabetes condition.
If you've been awarded a service connected rating for diabetes, it well worth your time to file for any and all conditions that may be secondary