The appeal to reopen the claim for service connection for neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, to include as due to herbicide agent exposure, is granted. The Veteran's claim for a rating in excess of 10 percent for coronary artery disease (CAD) and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) are remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the August 2011 rating decision raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, to include as due to herbicide agent exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19103404
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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hip disorder, right knee disorder, tremors of the bilateral upper extremities, neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, and chronic joint pain as they were not shown in service or for many years thereafter and are not otherwise etiologically related to active duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection of various disabilities, including left knee, right shoulder, spine, cervical myelopathy, and neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, as secondary to the service-connected right knee disability. The claims are being returned for further development.
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