The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's peripheral vascular disease of the left and right lower extremities, as well as acute peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, all due to exposure to burn pits. Service connection for fibromyalgia is also granted, but secondary to service-connected TBI and PTSD.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's conditions are related to his military service through exposure to burn pits during combat operations in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Vascular Disease of the Left Lower Extremity, Peripheral Vascular Disease of the Right Lower Extremity, Acute Peripheral Neuropathy of the Left Upper Extremity, Acute Peripheral Neuropathy of the Right Upper Extremity, Acute Peripheral Neuropathy of the Left Lower Extremity, Acute Peripheral Neuropathy of the Right Lower Extremity, Fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19159610
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for multiple conditions, including PTSD, IBS, cardiac arrhythmia, CFS, chronic headaches, chronic sinusitis, dyspnea, and fibromyalgia. The claim for bilateral pes planus was remanded.
- Partly granted
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