The Board granted service connection for bilateral lower extremities peripheral neuropathy, finding it at least as likely as not due to the Veteran's active service exposure to herbicides.
The deciding factor: The January 2021 and March 2021 VA examiner provided a positive direct nexus opinion based on the Veteran's complaints of neuropathic pain beginning shortly after returning from service in Vietnam, which was at least as likely as not a result of exposure to herbicide agents.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremities peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088176
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Decisions by this judge: 1,858 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral lower and upper extremity peripheral neuropathy due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
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