The Board has determined that the Veteran had service in Vietnam and is therefore presumed to have been exposed to Agent Orange. As a result, he is granted service connection for Type 2 diabetes and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma due to this exposure.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's testimony was found credible and consistent with his in-service duties and unit history, establishing that he had service in Vietnam as defined by the applicable regulation. As a result of this presumed exposure, the Board granted service connection for Type 2 diabetes and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
- Claimed conditions
- Type 2 diabetes, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2015
- Citation
- 1511125
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for cause of death, finding that his conditions were not related to his military service and did not warrant a grant based on exposure to herbicides.
- Granted
The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are granted service connection as they were presumed to be related to herbicide agent exposure during his military service in Thailand.
- Denied
The Veteran's hypertension was not rated higher than noncompensable (0%) due to insufficient evidence of diastolic pressure predominantly 100 or more, or systolic pressure predominantly 160 or more.,The Veteran's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma did not cause any current symptoms or functional impairment, such as visual impairment, and therefore was not rated higher than noncompensable (0%).
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is related to his toxic exposures at Fort Ord during service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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