The Board denied the veteran's claim for compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 due to bilateral lower extremity polyneuropathy, finding that there is no causal connection between the VA surgery and treatment and the veteran's current condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a link between the veteran's bilateral lower extremity polyneuropathy and the VA surgery or left flank hernia, with some opinions suggesting the polyneuropathy may be idiopathic or due to diabetes mellitus and/or peripheral vascular disease.
- Claimed conditions
- polyneuropathy of both lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0633387
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