The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and atrial fibrillation and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy as they were not shown to be causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident in service, including claimed herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's conditions began in service or supported chronicity of such symptoms. The medical records were negative for any complaints, treatment, or diagnoses of diabetes until 2004 and there was no indication through exhaustive development of the record that the Veteran performed autopsies on bodies returned from Vietnam or that the bodies were in an unclean state or contaminated with Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, type II, Atrial fibrillation and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- 25013235
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