The Board denied service connection for ischemic heart disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus, finding no evidence of a relationship to service or exposure to herbicide agents.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not serve in the DMZ where herbicides were used, and there is no competent evidence showing his diseases are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic heart disease (CAD), type 2 diabetes mellitus type II
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20007067
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,699 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for ischemic heart disease (CAD) and prostate cancer are granted due to presumed exposure to herbicides. The claim for depression secondary to prostate cancer is remanded as there was a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for ischemic heart disease (CAD), prostate cancer, and a psychiatric disorder secondary to prostate cancer are granted. The claim of service connection for depression is remanded due to procedural errors.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease (CAD), and hypertension due to herbicide agent exposure are granted. Service connection is also granted for a cerebrovascular accident secondary to service-connected diabetes.
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