The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities as secondary to his service-connected cervical strain and lumbosacral strain with degenerative disc disease, based on a lack of medical evidence linking the conditions.
The deciding factor: There was no clear medical indication that the peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities were proximately due to or the result of the veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0901234
What this means for you
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