The Board has determined that the Veteran's currently existing neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities is not etiologically related to his active duty service or a service-connected disability, including his thoracolumbar strain. The claim for secondary service connection for neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities is denied.
The deciding factor: The competent evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's currently existing neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities is etiologically related to his active duty service or a service-connected disability, including his thoracolumbar strain.
- Claimed conditions
- Neuropathy of the upper extremities, Neuropathy of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1020755
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- Granted
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