Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for heart disease and diabetes mellitus, both presumed to be related to herbicide exposure during the Veteran's service in Korea. However, it denied service connection for memory problems to include dementia, left foot fungal infection disability, right foot fungal infection disability, left leg disability, and right leg disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that while the Veteran was exposed to herbicides during his service in Korea, there was insufficient evidence to support a direct link between the claimed disabilities and service for those conditions other than heart disease and diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- memory problems to include dementia, left foot fungal infection disability, right foot fungal infection disability, left leg disability, right leg disability, heart disease disability, diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019736
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