The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, Type II and a psychiatric disability, to include depression and PTSD, secondary to his diabetes mellitus, Type II.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish in-service exposure to herbicides or other conditions that would trigger presumptive service connection. The Board also found the veteran's current psychiatric disabilities were not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected diabetes mellitus, Type II.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, Type II, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2005
- Citation
- 0502479
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What this means for you
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