The Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence is against the veteran's claim for service connection for type I diabetes mellitus on a direct or presumptive basis. The evidence does not show that any current type I diabetes mellitus was incurred in or aggravated by service, or that it manifested to a compensable degree within one year following separation from service.
The deciding factor: The competent medical evidence does not show that the veteran has been diagnosed with type II diabetes mellitus that can be presumed to be the result of exposure to herbicides. Therefore, service connection for type I diabetes mellitus is denied.
- Claimed conditions
- type I diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2006
- Citation
- 0613929
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