The Board denied the veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for PTSD and service connection for diabetes mellitus, retinopathy, and peripheral neuropathy due to Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show a diagnosis of PTSD prior to July 1, 2002, and there was no in-service stressor linked to the veteran's current symptoms. The Board also found that diabetes mellitus type I or II had been present since at least age 35.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Diabetes Mellitus, Retinopathy due to Diabetes Mellitus, Peripheral Neuropathy due to Diabetes Mellitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0625690
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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