The Veteran's claims for service connection for disabilities of the right lower extremity, left lower extremity, and bilateral upper extremities due to Agent Orange exposure were denied. The effective dates for the grants of service connection for left lumbar radiculopathy and right cervical radiculopathy have been established.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a link between the Veteran's disabilities and his exposure to Agent Orange during service in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity, Left lower extremity, Bilateral upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2013
- Citation
- 1301842
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