The Board has granted service connection for a bilateral lower extremity neurological disability, finding that the Veteran's symptoms began within a year of his Vietnam service and herbicide exposure. The appeal is based on presumed service connection due to exposure to herbicides.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran's lay reports credible and resolved reasonable doubt in favor of granting presumptive service connection for early-onset peripheral neuropathy due to herbicide exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity neurological disability
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2024
- Citation
- 24011983
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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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral upper and lower extremity neurological disabilities, finding no current diagnoses.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a bilateral upper and lower extremity neurological disability, including peripheral neuropathy, due to herbicide agent exposure. The VA examination is needed to determine if these disabilities are related to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for a bilateral lower extremity neurological disability, but the issues of service connection for a neck or cervical spine disability and entitlement to TDIU are remanded due to inadequate VA examination.
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