The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection due to exposure to Agent Orange and finds that his skin condition, including neuropathy and peeling of skin on the hands, is related to his military service. The veteran's peripheral neuropathy was not found to be a listed disease associated with herbicide exposure under 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(e).
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the veteran's peripheral neuropathy did not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection due to Agent Orange exposure, but still granted service connection based on direct evidence of a link between his military service and his current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- skin condition, neuropathy, peeling of skin on the hands
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2008
- Citation
- 0831337
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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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