The Board found that the Veteran's neurological disorders of the upper and lower extremities are not related to his service or service-connected PTSD, and thus denied both claims.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the current neurological disorder is less likely than not related to military service, including presumed herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Neurological Disorder of Bilateral Upper Extremities, Neurological Disorder of Bilateral Lower Extremities
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 15, 2012
- Citation
- 1217332
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- Dismissed
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