The Board denied service connection for CIDP as there was no evidence of exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune or Agent Orange in Okinawa, and the Veteran's lay statements were not sufficient to establish causation.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran’s CIDP was caused by his service, specifically due to lack of exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune or Agent Orange in Okinawa. The Veteran's lay statements were deemed insufficient to establish causation.
- Claimed conditions
- CIDP
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19188495
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