The Board found that the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy of both legs was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service and may not be presumed to have been so incurred, to include as due to Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence showed that the Veteran's symptoms began around 2000, which is after his separation from service, and there was no indication of such symptoms during his military service or in his service treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of both legs
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2013
- Citation
- 1317832
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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