The Board denied the claim for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral foot, finding that the evidence did not support a link between the Veteran's in-service duties and his current condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the Veteran was exposed to herbicide agents during his service at U-Tapao RTAFB or that he had in-country service in Vietnam, which would have allowed for a presumption of exposure under the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 14, 2025
- Citation
- 25005008
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,911 · Granted: 10% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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