The Board denied the veteran's claim for an effective date prior to May 24, 1993, for service connection for diabetes mellitus due to inservice exposure to Agent Orange. The earliest clinical evidence of diabetes was in April 1985.
The deciding factor: The claim was not received within one year after separation from service and did not meet the criteria for an earlier effective date under Nehmer v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs, No. CV-86-6160 (N.D. Cal.).
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2005
- Citation
- 0502761
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What this means for you
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