GrantedPACT Act
The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus and cataracts, as secondary to the service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding of current diagnoses and exposure to herbicide agents during active duty, meeting the criteria for presumptive service connection under the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, cataracts
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25001903
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