The Board has reopened the claim for service connection of type I diabetes mellitus and has determined that it was incurred in active service, with a link to exposure at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's treating endocrinologist provided an opinion linking his type I diabetes mellitus to his stay at Camp Lejeune due to potential exposure to contaminated drinking water during his service.
- Claimed conditions
- type I diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2014
- Citation
- 1425390
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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