Service connection is granted for diabetes mellitus type II and erectile dysfunction as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.,Service connection is denied for a respiratory disorder. Service connection is remanded for ischemic heart disease, hypertension, and skin cancers (claimed as soft tissue sarcoma).
The deciding factor: The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II was presumed due to herbicide exposure during service.,The examiner concluded that the Veteran’s erectile dysfunction was caused by his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.,There is no current diagnosed respiratory disorder. The evidence does not show a connection between the claimed condition and service or any other service-connected disability.,The VA examiner stated that ischemic heart disease may be related to hypertension, but did not provide an opinion on its cause.,The Veteran's hypertension was presumed due to herbicide exposure during service.,There is no current diagnosed skin cancer. The private primary care provider opined that the Veteran’s skin cancers were at least in part caused by herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II, erectile dysfunction, respiratory disorder, ischemic heart disease, hypertension, skin cancers
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2020
- Citation
- 20031615
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