The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, finding no evidence linking the condition to service or within the presumptive period following service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current peripheral neuropathy to service. The condition was not diagnosed within weeks or months of presumed herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0616043
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