The Veteran's diabetes is presumed to have been caused by his in-service herbicide exposure, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the presumption of exposure to herbicide agents during service due to the Veteran's diagnosed diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus II (diabetes)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2022
- Citation
- 22037360
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