Service connection for type 2 diabetes mellitus is granted due to exposure to Agent Orange. Service connection for a fungal skin infection is remanded as the evidence is insufficient to determine its etiology.
The deciding factor: The Veteran served in Vietnam and was exposed to Agent Orange, which allows for presumptive service connection for type 2 diabetes mellitus. The fungal skin infection requires further medical opinion to establish its relationship with service or exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- type 2 diabetes mellitus, fungal skin infection
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19130867
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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- Denied
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