The Veteran's claims for service connection were granted with effective dates of June 26, 2014. The conditions include arteriosclerotic heart disease (CAD) with acute, subacute, or old myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass graft, DMII, diabetic peripheral neuropathy in the right lower extremity, femoral nerve, diabetic peripheral neuropathy in the left lower extremity, femoral nerve, diabetic peripheral neuropathy in the right upper extremity, radial nerve, and diabetic peripheral neuropathy in the left upper extremity, radial nerve. These conditions are associated with herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The CHECO report established that the Veteran was exposed to herbicides during service at Korat AB in Thailand, which is sufficient for presumptive service connection based on herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- arteriosclerotic heart disease (CAD) with acute, subacute, or old myocardial infarction and coronary artery bypass graft, diabetes mellitus type II (DMII), diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PN), right lower extremity (RLE), femoral nerve, diabetic PN, left lower extremity (LLE), femoral nerve, diabetic PN, right upper extremity (RUE), radial nerve, diabetic PN, left upper extremity (LUE), radial nerve
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2024
- Citation
- A24070475
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