The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a left leg disorder and found that new and material evidence has been received. However, the Board denied the claim as there is no medical evidence linking the current axonal polyneuropathy to service.
The deciding factor: There was no in-service injury or disease related to the current diagnosed condition of axonal polyneuropathy, which had its onset many years after separation from service and has an undetermined etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- axonal polyneuropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0634775
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