The Veteran's claims for service connection for DM II, Parkinson’s disease, and hypertension are granted. The right knee disability claim is remanded for further examination. TDIU remains pending.
The deciding factor: Service connection established due to herbicide agent exposure during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 (DM II), Parkinson’s disease, Onychomycosis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19173954
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