The Board granted service connection for diabetes, coronary artery disease and old myocardial infarction, prostate cancer, left lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, right lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, erectile dysfunction, and special monthly compensation based on loss of use of a creative organ. The claims for service connection for a left leg skin disorder, vision disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea were denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's diabetes, coronary artery disease, old myocardial infarction, and prostate cancer are presumptively related to his in-service exposure to herbicide agents while serving at Fort Gordon. The LLE and RLE diabetic neuropathy is proximately due to the service-connected diabetes, and ED is proximately due to the service-connected prostate cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II, coronary artery disease (CAD) and old myocardial infarction (MI), prostate cancer, left lower extremity (LLE) diabetic neuropathy, right lower extremity (RLE) diabetic neuropathy, erectile dysfunction (ED), left leg skin disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2025
- Citation
- 25002146
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