The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for diabetes mellitus due to new and material evidence. The veteran's diabetes is not presumed to be related to his Vietnam-era service or exposure to herbicides, but he was diagnosed with type I diabetes in 1976. As a result, the claim is granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence shows that the veteran has had diabetes since at least 1976 and does not support a connection to his military service or presumed Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2004
- Citation
- 0408779
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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