The veteran's claim for service connection for claimed acute or subacute peripheral neuropathy, to include as due to Agent Orange exposure, was denied. The Board found no evidence of such a condition during service and concluded that the current condition is not related to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a neurological disability in service and the veteran's current symptoms are not linked to his presumed herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- acute or subacute peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2005
- Citation
- 0530061
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