The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II and coronary artery disease are granted service connection based on exposure to herbicides/Agent Orange. The claim for bilateral eye disorder is remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the presumption of exposure to Agent Orange due to the Veteran's active duty in Thailand where herbicide use occurred.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II, coronary artery disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19119452
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Decisions by this judge: 2,977 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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