The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluation of diabetes mellitus, service connection for PTSD and BPH/prostatitis due to herbicide exposure. The appeals were not about service connection at all.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support granting service connection for PTSD or BPH/prostatitis as claimed due to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Type II diabetes mellitus, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) and prostatitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2004
- Citation
- 0403955
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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.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's PTSD was granted a 70 percent rating prior to March 7, 2022, while other claims were denied.
- 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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