The Veteran's diagnosed Other Specified Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorder is etiologically related to in-service events, leading to a grant of service connection. The Board also found that the Veteran has bilateral peripheral neuropathy due to herbicide exposure during service.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records show the Veteran had multiple surgeries for rib issues and PTSD symptoms were consistent with his reported stressors from service. Peripheral neuropathy was diagnosed as severe sensorimotor mixed axonal demyelinating polyneuropathy, likely related to in-service herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Other Specified Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorder, Peripheral neuropathy of the left, lower extremity, Peripheral neuropathy of the right, lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19125993
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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- Granted
The Veteran's diagnosed Other Specified Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorder is etiologically related to in-service events, leading to a grant of service connection. The Board also found that the Veteran has bilateral peripheral neuropathy due to herbicide exposure during service.
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