The Board found that there is no evidence of a right lower extremity polyneuropathy during service or since, and the Veteran's current condition is not related to his period of active service or any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: There was no diagnosis of polyneuropathy in service records and the Veteran's current symptoms are not linked to his military service or a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Polyneuropathy of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2012
- Citation
- 1215500
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied increased ratings for various finger disabilities and polyneuropathies, but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) from March 31, 2021.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of an aneurysm post brain surgery, polyneuropathy of the right lower extremity, and polyneuropathy of the left lower extremity as there is no evidence of these conditions during active duty or a link to service-connected cluster-type headaches.
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