The Veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy and PTSD have been remanded due to conflicting medical evidence regarding the onset of symptoms. The Board will seek a VA examination to determine if there is direct service connection or if herbicide exposure contributed.
The deciding factor: There is conflicting information about whether the Veteran had early-onset peripheral neuropathy, necessitating further evaluation and opinion from a VA examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy, Acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2021
- Citation
- 21069547
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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