The Veteran's CAD and DM are granted as presumptively related to herbicide exposure.,Peripheral neuropathy in both feet is granted as secondary to service-connected DM, while nerve damage in both legs remains pending due to lack of evidence.
The deciding factor: Service connection established for the conditions based on presumed exposure to herbicides during service.
- Claimed conditions
- heart disability (chronic premature ventricular contractions and diagnosed as coronary artery disease (CAD)), diabetes mellitus, type II (DM), nerve damage in both legs, peripheral neuropathy in both feet, unspecified connective tissue disorder causing swelling in both hands
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20000184
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,858 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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