The Board denied the veteran's claim for separate disability ratings for peripheral neuropathy of the extremities, finding that assigning such ratings would constitute pyramiding as he already has the highest possible schedular rating for his service-connected multiple myeloma.
The deciding factor: The veteran's peripheral neuropathy is considered a complication of his service-connected multiple myeloma and rated in conjunction with it under Diagnostic Codes 7700 and 7715, which do not allow separate ratings for the same disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy, Multiple myeloma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2004
- Citation
- 0431664
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