The Board found that the veteran's diabetes mellitus, Type II, was not due to disease or injury incurred in service and could not be presumed to have been caused by exposure to herbicides (Agent Orange). As a result, the claim for service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence showing that the veteran's period of military service involved duty or visitation in the Republic of Vietnam where he may have been exposed to Agent Orange. Additionally, there is no medical evidence linking his current diabetes mellitus to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, Type II
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0621289
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What this means for you
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