The Board has determined that there is not sufficient evidence to establish service connection for the Veteran's claimed conditions, including prostate cancer and diabetes mellitus, as they are not related to his military service. The peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities have also been denied due to lack of a service onset.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding that any of the Veteran's claimed conditions had their onset in service or are otherwise related to service, including through herbicide exposure. The Board has considered all theories of entitlement but finds them lacking in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2018
- Citation
- 1813055
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