The Veteran's respiratory disability, diagnosed as restrictive lung disease, is granted as secondary to his service-connected Parkinson’s disease.,The Veteran's peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities is granted as related to presumed herbicide exposure during his active service.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence places the evidence in a state of relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran's respiratory disability and peripheral neuropathy are related to his service-connected conditions or to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Dental Disability","status":"Denied"}, {"condition_name":"Respiratory Disability (Restrictive Lung Disease)","status":"Granted"}, {"condition_name":"Peripheral Neuropathy","status":"Granted"}, {"condition_name":"Dementia","status":"Denied"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19100797
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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