Diabetes Opens 6 More VA Claims You're Missing

Yes - a VA type 2 diabetes rating (Diagnostic Code 7913) can open six more separately-ratable claims most veterans never file. Here is the full cascade.

Diabetes is rated by how it is managed, not by your A1C, and it is an Agent Orange presumptive condition that drags in neuropathy, retinopathy, kidney disease, erectile dysfunction, heart disease, and hypertension. With Professor Erica, Emma, Mei, and Michael, we decode the 10 to 100 percent ladder, the litigated regulation-of-activities phrase, and the combined-ratings math that turns small secondaries into a six-figure stack.

In this video:

• How DC 7913 rates diabetes by treatment burden, from diet to insulin
• The exact regulation-of-activities wording that moves you from 20 to 40 percent
• Why Camacho v. Nicholson means self-reported lifestyle changes do not count
• The six secondary conditions diabetes opens under 38 CFR 3.310
• How a 0 percent erectile dysfunction rating still pays you every month
• Why VA ratings combine instead of add, and how to stack toward 100 percent