The veteran's claims for service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus and diabetic neuropathy are denied as he did not meet the prerequisite criteria for presumptive or secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The veteran never set foot in the Republic of Vietnam, thus he is not entitled to the presumption of exposure to herbicides including Agent Orange. Additionally, his claim for secondary service connection was denied because he does not have a currently service-connected condition that could be aggravated by diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Type II diabetes mellitus, diabetic neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 8, 2005
- Citation
- 0506501
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