The Board has determined that the appellant does not have legal entitlement to an effective date earlier than June 12, 2001 for a grant of service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus resulting from herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: VA regulations provide for an effective date for an award of service connection as of the date of claim. The effective date provisions of 38 C.F.R. § 3.400 are predicated on the later of two events - the date of receipt of a claim or the date entitlement arose.
- Claimed conditions
- Type II diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0217971
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus, finding that it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that Type II diabetes mellitus and hypertension, which are presumed to have resulted from herbicide exposure during service, contributed substantially to his demise.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an adequate medical opinion regarding the Veteran's in-service toxic exposure risk activities, including jet fuel and other fuels, to determine if they contributed to his cause of death.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus and unstable angina and/or coronary artery disease, finding that there was no credible evidence to support a link between these conditions and his military service.
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