The Veteran's claim for service connection for type 2 diabetes mellitus was reopened and granted.,Service connection for bladder cancer is remanded due to lack of presumptive exposure.
The deciding factor: New evidence, including the Veteran's testimony about his duties near the air base perimeter in Thailand, established a current diagnosis and linked it to service. For bladder cancer, there was no presumption of exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- type 2 diabetes mellitus, bladder cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19148076
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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