The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer, and a liver condition secondary to prostate cancer have all been denied. The Board found no evidence of herbicide exposure in service that could support the Veteran's claim.,Service connection was not granted for any of the conditions due to lack of evidence linking them to service or service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not provide sufficient evidence to establish herbicide agent exposure during service, and his claims were denied based on this lack of evidence. The Board also found no direct service connection for any of the conditions.,Service connection was denied as there is no evidence linking the liver condition to prostate cancer or service.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, prostate cancer, liver condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2019
- Citation
- A19003913
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, related to in-service exposures at Camp Lejeune.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a liver condition, finding it to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected depressive disorder.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for hypertension and diabetes mellitus to obtain further medical opinions regarding their potential relationship to toxic exposures during active service.
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