The Veteran's hypokalemic periodic paralysis is found to be due to his Persian Gulf service, and the Board grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence shows that the Veteran’s hypokalemic periodic paralysis was caused by exposure to environmental contaminants during his deployment in support of OEF.
- Claimed conditions
- hypokalemic periodic paralysis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19174516
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