Service connection is granted for type 2 diabetes and pancreatitis, both presumed to be related to service due to herbicide exposure. The claim of service connection for pancreatitis is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's diabetes and pancreatitis are presumed to be related to his service due to herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- type 2 diabetes, pancreatitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20000856
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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