The Board has granted the veteran's claim for service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus with congestive heart failure, effective May 8, 2001. The RO assigned a 20 percent evaluation based on diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The effective date of the grant of service connection was determined to be May 8, 2001, as this is when VA published the final rule establishing a presumption of service connection for Type II diabetes due to exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Type II diabetes mellitus, Congestive heart failure
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- October 20, 2003
- Citation
- 0328130
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What this means for you
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including diabetes mellitus, type II, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, hypertension, asthma/lung disease, vision disability, bilateral plantar fasciitis, leukocytosis, kidney disease/kidney stones, enlarged prostate, sleep apnea, rheumatoid arthritis, lumbar spine disability, right ankle disability, and left ankle disability.
- 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.
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