The Board denied service connection for an autoimmune disease and polyneuropathy, finding no evidence of a relationship to in-service herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion discounted the possibility that either the Veteran’s current rheumatoid arthritis or polyneuropathy are related to in-service herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Autoimmune disease, Polyneuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2020
- Citation
- 20013954
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional information regarding his work history and for extra-schedular consideration of TDIU prior to March 25, 2022.
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