The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, skin cancer, and neuropathy of the upper and lower bilateral extremities due to Agent Orange exposure. However, the grant was based on presumptive service connection rather than direct service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board found that while early-onset peripheral neuropathy could not be presumed due to Agent Orange exposure, the Veteran's symptoms were consistent with such exposure and warranted presumptive service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- neuropathy of right upper extremity, neuropathy of left upper extremity, neuropathy of right lower extremity, neuropathy of left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20049702
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