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The Board granted an effective date of September 28, 2012, for the award of service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II, based on a presumption of exposure to herbicides.
The deciding factor: The Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran and concluded that he was presumptively exposed to herbicides via the air base perimeter while stationed at Udorn RTAFB in Thailand.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, type II
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25011107
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