Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus as due to herbicide exposure, but remanded the issue of service connection for bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Veteran was exposed to herbicide agents during service and has been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, which is presumed to be service-connected in Veterans who have been exposed to herbicide agents.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25091760
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