The Board remanded the veteran's claims for service connection of diabetes and peripheral neuropathy due to insufficient verification of herbicide exposure during a temporary duty mission in Vietnam.

The deciding factor: The RO has not verified the Veteran's claimed exposure to herbicides using the information already contained in the claims file.

Claimed conditions

diabetes mellitus, type II, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

Agent Orange / herbicides

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

January 15, 2025

Citation

25000576

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