The Board finds that the veteran's current neurological disabilities are related to his in-service burn injuries and grants service connection for post-traumatic neuralgia of the face, muscles of the scalp, right arm, and right hand with postural benign tremors of both hands and post-traumatic peripheral neuropathy, residuals of burn injuries. Service connection is not granted for residuals of a burn injury to the face or right thigh.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the veteran's neurological deficiencies are post-traumatic and attributed them to his in-service burn injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- post-traumatic neuralgia of the face, muscles of the scalp, right arm, right hand, postural benign tremors of both hands, post-traumatic peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0629162
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What this means for you
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- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of any claimed conditions and therefore, service connection cannot be established for these conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that further development is needed to address the claims for service connection of a bilateral hip/thigh, right shoulder and right arm disability due to the need for an addendum opinion on secondary service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining relevant medical records and forwarding the claims file to an examiner.
- Denied
The Veteran's back, right hand, memory, walking and standing problems are not related to the September 2008 VA treatment for pneumothorax. The Board finds that these conditions were not caused by or related to the care provided.
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