The Veteran's diabetes mellitus is granted service connection due to presumed exposure to herbicides. Service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the lower and upper extremities is denied as not related to service, including presumed herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: Service records do not show any complaints or diagnoses of peripheral neuropathy during service. The Veteran's current symptoms were first noted decades after service, which does not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection based on early-onset peripheral neuropathy due to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy (left lower extremity), peripheral neuropathy (right lower extremity), peripheral neuropathy (left upper extremity), peripheral neuropathy (right upper extremity)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 10, 2021
- Citation
- 21068468
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