GrantedPACT Act
The Board granted service connection for right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, to include as due to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a link between the Veteran's bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and her in-service exposure to herbicide agents, meeting the criteria for presumptive service connection under the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25020081
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