The Board found that the veteran's diabetes mellitus type-2 is not related to his military service, including exposure to herbicides. The claim for service connection was denied.
The deciding factor: There is no objective evidence of herbicide exposure during the veteran's service in Korea and the veteran did not provide credible testimony regarding such exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type-2
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2008
- Citation
- 0837307
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