The Board granted service connection for polyneuropathy of the left lower extremity, right lower extremity, left upper extremity and right upper extremity based on a finding that it is at least as likely as not that these conditions are related to the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange during his service in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's polyneuropathy is at least as likely as not caused by his exposure to Agent Orange, supported by scientific literature showing a causal relationship between such exposure and peripheral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- Polyneuropathy of the left lower extremity, Polyneuropathy of the right lower extremity, Polyneuropathy of the left upper extremity, Polyneuropathy of the right upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25088430
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Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for various finger disabilities and polyneuropathies, but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from March 31, 2021.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus and dismissed the appeals for service connection of various other conditions as well as for compensable ratings.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of an aneurysm post brain surgery, polyneuropathy of the right lower extremity, and polyneuropathy of the left lower extremity as there is no evidence of these conditions during active duty or a link to service-connected cluster-type headaches.
- Granted
The Veteran's HTN is granted as secondary to his service-connected DM-II. The polyneuropathy of the left upper extremity remains at a 10 percent rating.
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