The Board has granted service connection for type 2 diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease due to herbicide exposure. Service connection for Charcot of the left foot is also granted as secondary to diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service records show he was exposed to herbicides in Thailand, which allows for presumptive service connection under VA regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, Charcot of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2017
- Citation
- 1742678
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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