Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetic retinopathy, chronic kidney disease, a heart disability, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, a colon disability, major depressive disorder, and diabetes mellitus, type 2. The claims for PTSD, chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, type 2, and hypertension were denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence was new and material to the previously denied claims, thus reopening them; however, there was no credible evidence of in-service exposure to herbicides or a link between service and the claimed conditions for the denial decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic retinopathy, chronic kidney disease, heart disability, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, colon disability (colon cancer and impairment of sphincter control), major depressive disorder, diabetic mellitus, type 2
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25014575
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