The Veteran's psoriatic arthritis was not manifested in service or within one year of discharge, and is not shown to be etiologically related to his service.,Service connection for type 2 diabetes mellitus is remanded due to the need for further development regarding potential exposure to herbicide agents at Fort McClellan.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's psoriatic arthritis was not shown to be incurred in or aggravated by his active duty service, and there is no evidence of continuity of symptomatology since service.,Further development is needed to determine if the Veteran was exposed to herbicide agents at Fort McClellan during his service.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriatic arthritis, type 2 diabetes mellitus, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 20, 2019
- Citation
- 19163845
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