The Veteran's claimed peripheral neuropathy of the hands was not found to be related to his service, including presumed exposure to herbicides in Vietnam. The Board denied service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy of the hands and the Veteran did not have a qualifying period of service in Vietnam that would allow for presumptive service connection based on herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral neuropathy of the hands
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 17, 2015
- Citation
- 1535137
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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