GrantedPACT Act
The Board granted service connection for type II diabetes mellitus and liver disease, both on a substitution basis.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the Veteran's presumed exposure to herbicide agents during his service in or near the Korean DMZ from September 1967 to December 1967, under the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- type II diabetes with diabetic retinopathy, liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma status-post liver transplant
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25003047
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