The Board grants the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to presumed herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The June 2023 VA medical opinion and the Veteran's competent lay statements regarding his symptoms that manifested within one year of separation from service are sufficient to support a finding that his peripheral neuropathy is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2024
- Citation
- A24069846
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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