The veteran's disability manifested by hypesthesia of both arms and hands, as well as right foot, is related to active service. Service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence demonstrates a diagnosis of residual of exposure to Agent Orange with numbness of the upper extremities and the right foot, linking it to the veteran's exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- nervous condition (to include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)), numbness of hands and feet, blackouts
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2005
- Citation
- 0504188
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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