The Board has determined that the claim for service connection for peripheral neuropathy, including both Agent Orange exposure and Hepatitis C as a possible cause, is well-grounded. The appellant's chronic peripheral neuropathy is found to be secondary to complications from Hepatitis C, which almost certainly was contracted during his tour of duty in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the claim that the veteran's peripheral neuropathy is related to his service-connected hepatitis and likely due to Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy, Hepatitis C with vasculitis, Polysensory and motor peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2000
- Citation
- 0004824
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