The Veteran's service connection claim for bilateral neuropathy is granted as the condition is presumed to have been caused by herbicide exposure during his Vietnam service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions and lay statements support a finding that the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy began shortly after his in-service herbicide exposure, meeting the criteria for presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(e).
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19131053
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- Remanded (sent back)
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