Service connection has been granted for prostate cancer and diabetes mellitus type II, both presumed to be due to herbicide agent exposure during service. Service connection is also being remanded for hypertension as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.,The Veteran's hypertension was not directly related to his active duty service but may have been aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
The deciding factor: Service connection has been granted based on the presumption of exposure to herbicide agents during service for prostate cancer and diabetes mellitus type II. Service connection is being remanded as hypertension was not directly related to service but may have been aggravated by diabetes mellitus type II.,The Veteran's hypertension was not directly caused by his active duty service, but it could be due to the aggravation of a pre-existing condition (diabetes mellitus type II).
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2022
- Citation
- 22008690
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