The Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including peripheral neuropathy and a skin disease, were denied as secondary to his service-connected post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence of a direct or secondary relationship between the claimed conditions and active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy, Meralgia parasthetica of the right leg, Skin disease manifested by a rash of the groin and legs, Dementia, Chronic pain (aside from osteoarthritis or polyarthralgias), Upper gastrointestinal disorder (including GERD), Respiratory disorder (including bronchitis), Osteoarthritis or arthralgias of multiple joints
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0930996
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