The Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II to include as secondary to herbicide agent exposure has been granted. The Board also remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral hearing loss and psychiatric disability (claimed as depression and PTSD).
The deciding factor: New evidence was received that raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the underlying claim of diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II, bilateral hearing loss, psychiatric disability (claimed as depression and PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19130178
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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