The Board denied service connection for bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathies, finding that the conditions are not related to in-service exposure to herbicide agents and do not have a direct causal relationship with service.
The deciding factor: Service records did not show any complaints or diagnoses of upper extremity peripheral neuropathy. The Veteran's symptoms were attributed to his post-service degenerative arthritis of the cervical spine, which is considered unrelated to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity condition, right upper extremity condition
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23026719
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