The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral peripheral neuropathy, lower extremities and anisometropic amblyopia. The evidence did not establish a nexus between these conditions and his military service.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence linking the veteran's current conditions to his military service or any exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral peripheral neuropathy, lower extremities, anisometropic amblyopia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2005
- Citation
- 0517998
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