The Veteran's appeal involves multiple conditions related to knee and elbow osteoarthritis, as well as neurological disorders of the upper and lower extremities. The issues are all secondary to herbicide exposure (presumably burn pit exposure). The Board has remanded for additional STRs from September 1988 to March 1989.
The deciding factor: The appeal involves multiple conditions related to knee and elbow osteoarthritis, as well as neurological disorders of the upper and lower extremities, all secondary to herbicide exposure (presumably burn pit exposure).
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of the right knee, osteoarthritis of the left knee, chronic disability characterized by numbness, tingling, and muscle weakness of the right lower extremity, chronic disability characterized by numbness, tingling, and muscle weakness of the left lower extremity, osteoarthritis of the right elbow, osteoarthritis of the left elbow, chronic disability characterized by numbness, tingling, and muscle weakness of the right upper extremity, chronic disability characterized by numbness, tingling, and muscle weakness of the left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1046356
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Granted
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