The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including CAD, type 2 diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, and PVD, all as not being causally connected to active service or herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding that any of the Veteran's claimed conditions had onset in active service or within one year of separation from active service. The Veteran was not exposed to an herbicide agent during his service in Thailand, and there is no credible evidence supporting his assertions regarding herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease (CAD), type 2 diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the UEs and LEs, left PVD, LLE
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2017
- Citation
- 1758474
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