The Board has granted service connection for MGUS and associated upper and lower peripheral neuropathy, finding that the Veteran's condition is related to his active duty service, including exposure to herbicide agents such as Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a link between the Veteran's MGUS and associated peripheral neuropathy with exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Monoclonal gammopathy of uncertain significance (MGUS), upper and lower peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2022
- Citation
- 22013514
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