The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service-connected.,The issues of entitlement to service connection for a bilateral eye disorder, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, and type II diabetes mellitus are remanded due to the need for additional development.,The issue of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss is remanded due to the need for additional development.,The issues of entitlement to service connection for a lung disorder, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, and type II diabetes mellitus are remanded due to the need for additional development.,The issue of entitlement to service connection for prostate cancer is granted as secondary to herbicide-agent exposure.,The issue of entitlement to service connection for erectile dysfunction is granted as secondary to prostate cancer and type II diabetes mellitus.,The issue of entitlement to service connection for type II diabetes mellitus is granted as secondary to herbicide-agent exposure.
The deciding factor: There is in equipoise evidence regarding whether the Veteran's tinnitus had its onset during active duty due to noise exposure. Therefore, service connection for tinnitus is warranted under the chronicity provision of 38 C.F.R. § 3.303(b).,The issues are remanded as additional development is needed to determine if there was herbicide-agent exposure and to obtain VA treatment records.,The issue is remanded as additional development is needed to determine if the Veteran's hearing loss is related to in-service noise exposure.,The issues are remanded as additional development is needed to determine if the lung disorder, prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, or type II diabetes mellitus are related to herbicide-agent exposure and other environmental toxins.,Prostate cancer is granted as secondary to herbicide-agent exposure.,Erectile dysfunction is granted as secondary to prostate cancer and type II diabetes mellitus.,Type II diabetes mellitus is granted as secondary to herbicide-agent exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, bilateral eye disorder (claimed as secondary to environmental toxins and type II diabetes mellitus), bilateral hearing loss, lung disorder (claimed as secondary to environmental toxins, including gases, herbicide agents, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and other chemicals), prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction (claimed as secondary to prostate cancer and type II diabetes mellitus), type II diabetes mellitus (claimed as secondary to herbicide-agent exposure)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19148966
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