The Veteran was granted service connection for DM, ischemic heart disease, hypertension, and peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity. The claim for an earlier effective date for DM was denied.,Service connection was established for ischemic heart disease due to herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were granted based on service connection theories related to herbicide agent exposure and presumptive service connection, with the exception of the earlier effective date claim for DM which was denied as there was no confirmed diagnosis prior to March 15, 2015.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type II, Ischemic Heart Disease (post-myocardial infarction), Hypertension, Peripheral Neuropathy of the Right Upper Extremity (right-hand numbness due to thoracic outlet syndrome), Peripheral Neuropathy of the Bilateral Lower Extremities
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20005757
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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