The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and a seizure disorder as secondary to DM due to Agent Orange exposure. The Veteran was not diagnosed with either condition during the appeal period.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of diabetes mellitus or a seizure disorder in the record, and there is insufficient evidence linking these conditions to service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, type II, Seizure disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 3, 2020
- Citation
- 20058455
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- Remanded (sent back)
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