The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral vascular disease of the lower extremities, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, and pericarditis are denied. The effective date for the grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus type II is March 18, 2004.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show current diagnoses or a link between the veteran's military service and any claimed conditions, including peripheral vascular disease, peripheral neuropathy, pericarditis, hypertension, erectile dysfunction, or an eye disorder. The effective date for the grant of service connection is March 18, 2004.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Vascular Disease of the Lower Extremities, Peripheral Neuropathy of the Upper and Lower Extremities, Pericarditis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2008
- Citation
- 0808624
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