The Veteran's appeal to reopen a claim of service connection for type 2 diabetes mellitus is denied.,The Veteran's appeal to reopen a claim of service connection for an eye disability (claimed as secondary to diabetes) is denied.,The Veteran's claim of service connection for a rectum disability (claimed as carcinoma of distal rectum), to include as due to exposure to herbicide agents, is remanded.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has not been received, and the claims of service connection for type 2 diabetes mellitus and an eye disability may not be reopened.,The evidence does not show or suggest that the Veteran has type 2 diabetes mellitus. It also does not relate to the unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim of service connection for an eye disability.,Evidence received since the February 2010 rating decision includes lay statements by the Veteran alleging his rectum disability is secondary to his service-connected posttraumatic stress disorder with alcohol abuse. However, the evidence does not show a causal relationship between herbicide exposure and development of rectal polyps or adenomatous polyps.
- Claimed conditions
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Rectum Disability (Carcinoma of Distal Rectum)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2021
- Citation
- 21067153
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