The Board denied service connection for a left thigh condition, including neuritis, and peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities. The Veteran's lay testimony regarding continuity of symptomatology since service was found to be inconsistent with contemporaneous medical evidence.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lay testimony regarding continuity of symptoms since service was inconsistent with the lack of complaints or diagnoses in his service treatment records, separation examination, and subsequent VA/privately held examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- left thigh neuritis, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2010
- Citation
- 1045476
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