The Board finds that the Veteran's neurological disorders, including peripheral neuropathy and Arnold-Chiari malformation with syringomyelia, are likely related to his in-service herbicide exposure. As such, service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a link between the Veteran's current neurological conditions and his presumed Agent Orange exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Neurological disorder of the bilateral upper extremities, Neurological disorder of the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2015
- Citation
- 1550200
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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