BVA decisions by condition

Diabetes mellitus, type ii: BVA grant rates and what wins

From 2017 to 2026, the Board of Veterans' Appeals decided a diabetes mellitus, type ii issue in 501 decisions. It granted the diabetes mellitus, type ii issue in 0.0% of them, below the 19.4% grant rate for all conditions, denied it in 13.6%, and remanded it in 83.6%. Counting only decisions on the merits (granted or denied), 0.0% were granted.

From Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions: appeals, not VA's first decisions. Issue-level outcomes.

Decisions

501

2017–2026

Granted

0.0%

All conditions: 19.4%

Granted on the merits

0.0%

Granted ÷ (granted + denied)

Remanded

83.6%

Denied: 13.6%

At a glance

  • Issues granted: 0.0% in 2018, 0.0% in 2025. Details

Evidence in granted and denied diabetes mellitus, type ii decisions

For each kind of supporting evidence: how often the Board granted the diabetes mellitus, type ii issue on the merits when the decision mentioned it, compared with decisions that did not. These are associations, not causes, and evidence is recorded per decision, not per issue.

In the recordDecisionsGranted when presentWhen absentDifference
Favorable VA exam720.0%0.0%+0.0 pts
Positive nexus opinion1340.0%0.0%+0.0 pts
Private medical opinion2080.0%0.0%+0.0 pts
Lay statement4340.0%0.0%+0.0 pts
Combat service400.0%0.0%+0.0 pts

    Negative evidence in the record

    An unfavorable exam or a negative nexus opinion often sits in the same record as favorable evidence, and the Board weighs them against each other. So these rows show how often diabetes mellitus, type ii was still granted when the record contained the negative item, not that the item helped.

    In the recordDecisionsGranted when presentWhen absentDifference
    Unfavorable VA exam3790.0%0.0%+0.0 pts
    Negative nexus opinion2760.0%0.0%+0.0 pts

    Recent diabetes mellitus, type ii decisions

    Granted

    Denied

    Diabetes mellitus, type ii outcomes by year

    YearIssues decidedGrantedDeniedRemandedOther
    2018
    55
    		0.0%5.5%92.7%1.8%
    2019
    80
    		0.0%16.3%83.8%0.0%
    2020
    58
    		0.0%15.5%79.3%5.2%
    2021
    53
    		0.0%13.2%83.0%3.8%
    2023
    59
    		0.0%16.9%78.0%5.1%
    2025
    59
    		0.0%6.8%91.5%1.7%

    Each row counts issues (each condition the Board decided), so the shares add up to 100%. Other: dismissed, withdrawn or no clear outcome. Years with fewer than 50 issues are left out.

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    How these numbers are calculated

    • Rates count decisions in which the Board decided a diabetes mellitus, type ii issue, by the outcome of that issue. Other issues in the same decision can have different outcomes.
    • “Granted on the merits” leaves out remands and dismissals. “All conditions” is the grant share across every condition issue in the data.
    • The data comes from CaseScribe's AI extraction of public BVA decisions (2017–2026) and can contain errors. It is updated automatically as new decisions are added.

    Where this data comes from

    1. Claim
    2. Regional office decides
    3. Veteran appeals
    4. Board decides
    5. Granted · Denied · Remanded: back to the regional office

    Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions show how VA's highest review body applies 38 CFR and weighs evidence on contested claims.

    Each one is an appeal: a regional office decided the claim first, and the veteran appealed. So these rates describe the Board, not a veteran's odds at the regional office, where most claims are decided and whose decisions are not public.

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