The Board has granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of both upper and lower extremities, finding that the Veteran's symptoms are consistent with early-onset peripheral neuropathy due to herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The Board accepted the Veteran's report of symptomatology within a year of his last exposure to Agent Orange, finding it meets the criteria for early-onset peripheral neuropathy and granted service connection based on this presumption.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of both upper extremities, Peripheral neuropathy of both lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- September 22, 2014
- Citation
- 1442325
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected peripheral neuropathy of both lower extremities and coronary artery disease (CAD) were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of service connection for either condition.
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