The Board denied service connection for organic heart disease and peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the claims. The veteran's current conditions are presumed due to in-service herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for organic heart disease or peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities, which were presumed to be related to in-service herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- organic heart disease, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2005
- Citation
- 0531441
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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