The Veteran's claim for service connection for borderline diabetes was denied as there is no evidence of a current disability, and the condition is not related to service or exposure to herbicides.
The deciding factor: There is no diagnosis of diabetes in the record, and the Veteran did not serve in Vietnam during the relevant time period.
- Claimed conditions
- borderline diabetes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2013
- Citation
- 1338886
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