The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for residuals of malaria and finds new and material evidence to support this claim. The Veteran's claim for service connection for borderline diabetes mellitus remains denied as there is no current disability found.
The deciding factor: New evidence shows possible residual effects from malaria, but no current diagnosis of diabetes mellitus has been established.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of malaria, borderline diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2013
- Citation
- 1317576
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