The Board granted service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus effective from April 5, 2001. The veteran's claim was received within one year of the effective date of a liberalizing regulation that added Type II diabetes mellitus to the list of presumptive diseases associated with exposure to herbicides.
The deciding factor: The correct effective date for the grant of service connection is May 8, 2001 as per CAFC's decision in Liesegang v. Sec'y of Veterans Affairs (312 F.3d 1368). The claim was received within one year of this effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- Type II diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0406189
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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.
- 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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