The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, to include as due to herbicide exposure, and remanded the claims for peripheral neuropathy of both upper and lower extremities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lay statements and evidence established his presumed exposure to herbicides during service, leading to a grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus. The other claims were remanded for further development due to conflicting medical evidence regarding current diagnoses of peripheral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of right upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25001786
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