The Veteran's claims for diabetes mellitus, type II and its related conditions were granted with effective dates starting from January 30, 2007. The claim for diabetic retinopathy was also granted but the effective date is not specified as it falls within the same period.
The deciding factor: The new evidence of herbicide exposure in Thailand led to a reconsideration and grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, which then allowed for secondary service connection claims to be considered.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II, left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy with pseudophakia, diabetic nephropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2020
- Citation
- 20013978
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