The Board granted an effective date of August 17, 2022, for the award of service connection for type II diabetes mellitus and residuals of prostate cancer.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were based on presumed herbicide exposure under the PACT Act, which allows for an earlier effective date one year prior to the claim receipt if all eligibility criteria are met from the law's effective date onward.
- Claimed conditions
- type II diabetes mellitus, residuals of prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25047335
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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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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