The Veteran's CIDP is granted as service connected due to Agent Orange exposure, with the Board finding that it is at least as likely as not related to his in-service exposure.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a link between the Veteran's CIDP and his conceded in-service exposure to Agent Orange, including from VA and non-VA opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2023
- Citation
- 23044910
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), and the Board dismissed the appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) based on the evidence in favor of the Veteran's claim.
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