The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed disabilities are not related to his military service, including exposure to Agent Orange. Service connection is denied for all conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of in-service incurrence or aggravation of any of the claimed disabilities and there is no competent medical evidence linking these conditions to service or to exposure to herbicide agents during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Type II diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, hypertension and renal artery stenosis with atrophic left kidney and a stent in the right kidney, a chronic skin disorder, including 'skin rash', postoperative right lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, postoperative left lower extremity peripheral vascular disease, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2010
- Citation
- 1023633
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal for a compensable rating for left ear hearing loss, service connection for right ear hearing loss, and bilateral vision condition was dismissed. Service connection for hypertension, congestive heart failure, and coronary artery disease was denied.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus, finding that it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected unspecified depressive disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for left and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, finding that the conditions are related to in-service herbicide agent exposure.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that Type II diabetes mellitus and hypertension, which are presumed to have resulted from herbicide exposure during service, contributed substantially to his demise.
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