The Board denied service connection for neuropathy of the right and left upper extremities as well as neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities, finding that the Veteran's conditions did not have their onset during or were not caused by his military service, including in-service herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy is not related to his military service, including in-service herbicide agent exposure, and does not support a finding of early-onset peripheral neuropathy as required for presumptive service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(e).
- Claimed conditions
- Neuropathy of the right upper extremity, Neuropathy of the left upper extremity, Neuropathy of the right lower extremity, Neuropathy of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 15, 2023
- Citation
- 23009732
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