Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, finding a causal relationship to the Veteran's service-connected hypothyroidism and conceded herbicide exposure. The Board remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for headaches due to insufficient evidence.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on a positive medical opinion linking the Veteran's bilateral lower extremity PN to his service-connected thyroid disability and conceded exposure to herbicide agents, while the headache claim requires further examination as it is not supported by sufficient evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity (RLE) peripheral neuropathy (PN), left lower extremity (LLE) peripheral neuropathy (PN)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25087749
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