The Board found that the veteran's service-connected postoperative residuals of hyperactivity of the sympathetic nervous systems of the right lower extremity warranted a 40% rating. However, it was determined that none of his other claimed conditions were incurred or aggravated by active service and are not related to his service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that the veteran's spinal stenosis of the cervical spine, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, motor neuron disease of the cervical spine, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, and sleep apnea are not related to his active service or to his service-connected postoperative residuals of hyperactivity of the sympathetic nervous systems of the right lower extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of hyperactivity of the sympathetic nervous systems of the right lower extremity, spinal stenosis of the cervical spine, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, motor neuron disease of the cervical spine, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2005
- Citation
- 0506935
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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