Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes, skin rash, and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities as there was no evidence to support in-service herbicide exposure or a relationship between these conditions and the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the Veteran was exposed to herbicides during his service, nor was there any credible evidence linking the claimed conditions to an in-service event, injury, or disease.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type 2, skin rash, bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25003114
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