The Veteran's claims for diabetes mellitus, Type 2 and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities have been granted. Service connection is established for these conditions due to herbicide agent exposure during service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran had in-service herbicide agent exposure and diabetes mellitus, Type 2 was a presumptively associated disease with such exposure. The peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities was also related to the now service-connected diabetes mellitus, Type 2.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, Type 2, peripheral neuropathy, bilateral upper extremities, peripheral neuropathy, bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19131018
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Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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