The Veteran's service connection claims for a left shoulder disability, elevated blood sugar (including diabetes mellitus), hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, and peripheral neuropathy are granted on the basis of presumptive exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam. The effective date is not specified.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on presumed exposure to herbicide agents due to service in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder disability, elevated blood sugar (to include diabetes mellitus, type II), hypertension (to include as secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II or coronary artery disease), obstructive sleep apnea (to include as secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II or coronary artery disease), peripheral neuropathy (to include as secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2016
- Citation
- 1639370
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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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