The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, coronary artery disease, Parkinson's disease, and neuropathy, as due to herbicide exposure or secondary to a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the Veteran's exposure to herbicides during his service in Thailand at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, which is sufficient for presumptive service connection under the PACT Act. Additionally, the neuropathy was found to be causally related to the service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type II, coronary artery disease, Parkinson's disease, neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25045429
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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