The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for peripheral neuropathy secondary to Agent Orange exposure and granted a total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability effective April 14, 1998. The decision also addressed the veteran's earlier application for an increased disability rating.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the January 1996 RO decision was new and material, allowing the claim to be reopened. Service connection for peripheral neuropathy secondary to Agent Orange exposure is not warranted as there is no medical evidence linking the condition to service or any incident therein. The effective date of the total rating for compensation purposes based on individual unemployability is April 14, 1998.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2003
- Citation
- 0306039
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