The Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and diabetes with peripheral neuropathy, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are at least as likely as not related to his in-service exposure to herbicides. The decision is based on presumptive service connection due to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran was exposed to herbicides during service and that his current diabetes with peripheral neuropathy is a disease listed as presumptively due to such exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hearing loss, diabetes mellitus type II, diabetic peripheral neuropathy left lower extremity, diabetic peripheral neuropathy right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19160035
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