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This came up somewhere here recently and maybe this will help someone.
I posted this here in 2007 prior to the additional timeframes of the Korea AO regs:
“A map study conducted by the Board indicates that the
veteran's unit, 1/17 FA, was located 1.9 miles from 1/23 IN,
and 2.9 miles from 1/38 IN during the time period of the
veteran's tour in Korea, and subsequently during the time
period when Agent Orange was used in this vicinity. In light
of the close proximity of the veteran to units acknowledged
by VA to have been exposed to Agent Orange, and affording the
veteran the benefit of the doubt, the Board finds that a
grant of service connection for type II diabetes mellitus is
in order.
ORDER
Service connection is granted for diabetes mellitus, type II,
claimed as due to in-service herbicide exposure in Korea.”
As this BVA decision says- “close proximity” is a factor regarding the location of any unit not on the Korea AO Unit List.
http://www.va.gov/vetapp05/files3/0519524.txt
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