The Board denied service connection for peripheral neuropathy of both legs and denied increased ratings for bilateral hearing loss and right ankle fracture. The Veteran's claims were reopened on new evidence, but the service connection claim was ultimately denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection could not be established as there was no in-service injury or disease leading to current peripheral neuropathy of both legs, which may have been related to diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral neuropathy of both legs
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1024059
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What this means for you
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