The Board has found that the veteran's current impotence is related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus associated with herbicide exposure. The issue of hepatitis C was not addressed in this decision as it pertains to a different basis for connection.
The deciding factor: The examiner diagnosed the veteran with diabetes mellitus type II with impotence and opined that the impotence is probably secondary to his diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- impotence, hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2004
- Citation
- 0417681
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