The Veteran's type 2 diabetes mellitus was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and the Board denied service connection as there is no evidence of herbicide exposure during service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence showing that the Veteran served along the DMZ where Agent Orange exposure could have occurred, thus denying presumptive service connection for diabetes mellitus due to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- type 2 diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20001327
What this means for you
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