The Veteran's service connection claims for diabetes mellitus, type 2 and ischemic heart disease are granted due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents. The Board also remanded the claims for peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities and lower extremities and erectile dysfunction as secondary to these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was exposed to herbicides during his service in Thailand, which is presumed to have caused his diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type 2, ischemic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19190075
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