Metabolic disease characterized by high blood sugar due to insulin resistance
Medical records showing your current treatment plan are central to supporting any rating level. Records confirming a restricted diet, prescriptions for oral hypoglycemic agents, or insulin prescription records showing how many injections per day you require help establish the 20% and 40% levels. Records documenting that your provider has restricted your occupational or recreational activities support the 40% level and above.
For a 60% rating, hospital admission records or clinic visit logs showing one or two hospitalizations per year or twice-monthly diabetic care visits for ketoacidosis or hypoglycemic reactions are important, along with records of any complications. For a 100% rating, records showing three or more hospitalizations per year or weekly diabetic care visits, combined with documentation of progressive weight and strength loss or separately compensable complications, are relevant.
Your own statements, and statements from people who know you, describing how symptoms affect your ability to work, carry out physical tasks, or maintain a healthy weight can also help show the severity of your condition. Treatment notes from endocrinologists or primary care providers that track the progression of your diabetes over time are useful at every level.
Conditions that are often caused or made worse by this one. If you have any of these, they may be claimable as secondary service connection.
