The Board denied service connection for right foot neuropathy, left leg peripheral neuropathy, and left foot peripheral neuropathy as these conditions were not shown to be related to the Veteran's active military service or exposure to Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran's claimed conditions had their onset during service or within one year of discharge, nor was there sufficient evidence to establish a causal relationship between his current conditions and his in-service exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot neuropathy, left leg peripheral neuropathy, left foot peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2024
- Citation
- 24032027
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
The appeal seeking entitlement to service connection for PTSD, left foot peripheral neuropathy, right foot peripheral neuropathy, and eczema was dismissed due to procedural defects in the Veteran's election of review options.
- Granted
The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for right and left foot peripheral neuropathy, effective July 1, 2015, as well as a total rating based on individual unemployability from the same date.
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