The Veteran's claims for service connection for CLL, diabetes mellitus, type II and erectile dysfunction have been granted.,Service connection has also been established for low back disability of DDD and DJD, as well as left leg radiculopathy secondary to the low back disability. The claim for service connection for erectile dysfunction is remanded for further examination.,The Veteran's claims for CLL and diabetes mellitus have been granted due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents during his Vietnam-era service.,Service connection has also been established for a low back disability, which began in service and was aggravated by the Veteran’s service-connected erectile dysfunction.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran had exposure to herbicides during his active duty service in Vietnam, leading to presumptive service connection for CLL and diabetes mellitus.,Service connection has been granted as the low back disability began in service and is related to heavy lifting performed by the Veteran. The left leg radiculopathy is also considered secondary to the low back disability.,The Veteran's erectile dysfunction was found to be at least as likely as not due to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.,Service connection for erectile dysfunction is remanded because no VA examiner has provided an opinion on its relationship to either service or a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL), Diabetes Mellitus, Type II, Erectile Dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19140873
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