Peripheral Neuropathy and Agent Orange
Currently, VA presumes Veterans' acute and subacute
peripheral neuropathy to be related to herbicide exposure during
service when:
- It appears within one year of exposure to Agent
Orange to a degree of at least 10 percent disabling by VA’s rating
regulations; and
- It is temporary and resolves within two years.
VA proposed on August 10, 2012, to replace "acute
and subacute" with "early-onset" and to eliminate the requirement that
symptoms resolve within two years. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) found
evidence that symptoms can persist longer than two years. The condition must still be 10 percent disabling within one year of exposure for VA to presume an association.
You may comment on the proposed rule through October 9, 2012.
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