Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for pyoderma gangrenosum of the left and right legs, but remanded claims for sero negative rheumatoid arthritis affecting multiple joints.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a direct link between the Veteran's in-service exposure to herbicides and his bilateral leg pyoderma gangrenosum. However, further medical inquiry is needed regarding the claimed rheumatoid arthritis disabilities due to potential toxic exposures during service.
- Claimed conditions
- pyoderma gangrenosum, left leg, pyoderma gangrenosum, right leg, sero negative rheumatoid arthritis, left hand, fingers, and wrist, sero negative rheumatoid arthritis, right hand, fingers, and wrist, sero negative rheumatoid arthritis, left knee, sero negative rheumatoid arthritis, right knee
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25016633
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