Partly granted
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection of ED, and remanded the appeals for DMII with complications and diabetic nephropathy, both secondary to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was not exposed to tactical herbicides but may have been exposed to commercial herbicides, which were used in Panama during his service. The Board must remand for further development regarding the Veteran's exposure and its consequences.
- Claimed conditions
- Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Diabetes Mellitus, Type II (DMII) with complications, Diabetic Nephropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2025
- Citation
- 25013571
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