The Board has granted service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, finding it presumptively related to the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the presumption that type II diabetes mellitus is causally related to herbicide agent exposure due to the Veteran's service in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- type II diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19195527
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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