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The Board granted service connection for diabetes, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to exposure to herbicide agents during the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the presumptive link between the Veteran's diabetes and his military service, as well as the evidence supporting a causal relationship between the diabetes and the bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II (diabetes), left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25104330
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