Denied
The Board denied service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, presumptively caused by herbicide exposure during the Veteran's service in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of type II diabetes mellitus and the evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran has had such a condition at any time during or approximate to the pendency of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- type II diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25087516
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