Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the hands and feet, finding a relationship to herbicide agent exposure during the Vietnam War era.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a positive causation opinion related to herbicide agent exposure in service, which is presumed for veterans who served in Vietnam during the Vietnam War era.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the hands, bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the feet
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25094113
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