The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus type II and lung cancer as due to herbicide agent exposure, finding no evidence of such exposure during the Veteran's active duty.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was not shown to have been exposed to herbicide agents during his service at Udorn Air Force Base in Thailand.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II, lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19186539
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