The Board granted service connection for peripheral nervous system pain, to include rheumatoid arthritis, and granted an effective date of October 6, 2014, for the grant of service connection for left calf and left thumb scars. The remaining claims were denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on a positive medical opinion linking the Veteran's peripheral nervous system pain to herbicide exposure, while other claims were denied due to insufficient evidence establishing a link between the claimed conditions and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral nervous system pain, to include rheumatoid arthritis, Left wrist disability (healed ulnar fracture, left side, and left wrist degenerative arthritis), Otitis media, Stomach disability, to include GERD, diverticulosis, and chronic cholecystitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25008356
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,341 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Granted
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