The Board has denied service connection for blood clots in the legs and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, finding no evidence to support a direct or presumptive link to service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a direct or presumptive link between the claimed conditions and service, including herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Blood clots, Peripheral neuropathy (PN) of the right and left lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2023
- Citation
- 23010252
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