The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, residuals of prostate cancer, ischemic heart disease, and erectile dysfunction as secondary to the service-connected prostate cancer.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on credible evidence of exposure to herbicides during active military service in Thailand, which is presumed to have caused the claimed conditions under 38 U.S.C. § 1116(a)(2) and 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(e).
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus type II, Residuals of prostate cancer, Ischemic heart disease, Erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2023
- Citation
- 23000202
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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