The Board has denied the veteran's claim for service connection for neuropathy of the right leg and foot, to include as secondary to his service-connected right knee arthritis. The only medical opinion addressing this issue concluded that there is no evidence linking the current condition to either service or service-connected right knee arthritis.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence of a relationship between the veteran's neuropathy of the right leg and foot and his service-connected right knee arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- neuropathy of the right leg and foot
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 14, 2007
- Citation
- 0707653
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