The Board granted service connection for bilateral upper and lower peripheral neuropathy but denied service connection for a dental disability, vision impairment, and a right-hand disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence was in approximate balance as to whether the Veteran's bilateral upper and lower extremity polyneuropathy is related to his active service. The VA examiner opined that it was at least as likely as not incurred in or caused by his in-service herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral upper and lower peripheral neuropathy, dental disability for compensation purposes, vision impairment, right-hand disability (trigger finger)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25013470
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 785 · Granted: 47% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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