The veteran's claims for service connection and increased rating have been denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection was not granted due to the nature of the claim being decided on the merits, and no new evidence reopened the case. The increased disability rating was also denied as it was evaluated at 30 percent which is within the range allowed by law.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), residuals of a right total knee replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 25, 2000
- Citation
- 0013860
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a neurological disability, to include peripheral neuropathy and/or chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), due to in-service Agent Orange exposure.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), and the Board dismissed the appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) based on the evidence in favor of the Veteran's claim.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for anemia was denied. The claims for prostate cancer, proctitis, penile implant, CIDP, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and prurigo nodularis were remanded.
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