The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, finding no evidence of in-service incurrence or a causal relationship between the condition and service.
The deciding factor: The record does not show an in-service incurrence nor a causal relationship, thereby failing to satisfy the second and third requirements for establishing service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus type II (DM II)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2025
- Citation
- 25007425
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