Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, and remanded the issue of whether new and material evidence has been received sufficient to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on herbicide exposure due to the Veteran's service in Thailand. The denial of other claims was based on a lack of credible evidence linking the claimed conditions to military service or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral tinnitus, right eye injury, plantar fasciitis in right foot, plantar fasciitis in left foot, diabetes mellitus, type II, chloracne of the neck, chloracne of either arm, esophageal disorder, gastrointestinal disorder (digestive track disorder), abnormal toenail growth
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25002927
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