The Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II (DM II) was withdrawn. The Board granted the Veteran's claim for seizures, finding that reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran's claim has been resolved.,Service connection is denied for chloracne as there is no evidence of current disability and the Veteran did not have chloracne during service or within one year after separation from service. Service connection for osteoporosis of the left hip and right hip, and peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities are also denied due to lack of in-service onset.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his claim for diabetes mellitus type II (DM II). The Board granted service connection for seizures based on a finding that reasonable doubt has been resolved in favor of the Veteran.,Service connection was not established as there is no evidence of current chloracne and the Veteran did not have chloracne during service or within one year after separation from service. There is also no evidence of osteoporosis of the left hip, right hip, or peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities in-service.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II (DM II), seizures, chloracne, osteoporosis, left hip (left hip condition), osteoporosis, right hip (right hip condition), peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2023
- Citation
- A23037451
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- Whole decision: Granted
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