Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of type 2 diabetes mellitus due to herbicide exposure has been remanded. The Board will consider the Veteran's service in Korea from 1968 to 1969.
The deciding factor: The Board agreed that a request should be sent to the VA Military Records Research Center for verification of herbicide exposure during the Veteran's service in Korea.
- Claimed conditions
- type 2 diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- 25000505
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