The veteran's claim for service connection for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus as a residual of Agent Orange exposure in service is denied. The Board found that the current diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus was not incurred during active military service and could not be presumed due to Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus to his active military service or to Agent Orange exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0507571
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