The veteran's service-connected paranoid schizophrenia is granted a 100 percent rating. The claim for chronic disorders claimed as residual to Sarin nerve gas exposure is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the diagnosis of significant exposure to neurotoxic gas, which explains the veteran's neurological and psychiatric symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Head pain, Legs locking up, Fatigue, Blurred vision in both eyes, Runny nose, Bowels swelling up, Urinary incontinence, Hypertension, Back disability
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2002
- Citation
- 0201571
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