Granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes, ischemic heart disease, hypertension, and neuropathy of the right and left upper and lower extremities as secondary to diabetes due to herbicide exposure during the Veteran's service in Okinawa.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicides, specifically Agent Orange, during his deployment in Okinawa, which is presumed to have caused the claimed conditions under the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act (AMA).
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes, Ischemic Heart Disease, Hypertension, Neuropathy of the Right Upper Extremity, Neuropathy of the Right Lower Extremity, Neuropathy of the Left Upper Extremity, Neuropathy of the Left Lower Extremity
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088429
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