gwynwyatt

I'm appealing a ruleing from my VA regional Office on Peripheral Neuropathy. I was denied because the VA rule says the disease must manifest within one year of exposure to Agent Orange but I've sent that board studies by the National Institutes of Health and the Mayo Clinic that say that disease can lay dormant for many years before it becomes noticable. When I argue my claim in front of the appeals court I want to be able to show that the VA rule on Peripheral Neuropathy may have been good mediccal science when the rule was established but later studies show that their rule needs to be updated to accept the latest medical knowledge about the disease. I would like to know when the VA's rules on Agent Orange was established.