The Board has determined that the Veteran is not entitled to an effective date prior to July 2, 2007 for the grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, with erectile dysfunction and hypertension. The claim was received on July 2, 2007, which is later than when he would have been eligible based on his Vietnam-era exposure to herbicides.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim was not filed prior to the effective date of the liberalizing law that added diabetes as a disease presumptively due to in-service exposure to herbicides, and thus an earlier effective date is not warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, erectile dysfunction, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2013
- Citation
- 1333491
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