The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy, infection of capillaries, infection of blood vessels, ulcers, and polyps due to exposure to ionizing radiation during Operation REDWING. The conditions are not considered radiogenic diseases.
The deciding factor: The claimed conditions were not shown to be related to active duty or service-connected disabilities, nor did they meet the criteria for presumptive service connection based on radiation exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, Infection of capillaries, Infection of blood vessels, Ulcers, Polyps
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1043413
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