The Board found no evidence of a chronic right leg or right knee disorder present during service, and denied the Veteran's claims for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence indicating that current right thigh/knee residuals began during service or are due to claimed tendonitis or residual muscle pull/tear. The preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Right L5 lumbar radiculopathy, Peripheral Neuropathy (PN)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2012
- Citation
- 1221532
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss has been denied. The Board has also remanded the issues of service connection for PN of both upper and lower extremities due to lack of sufficient evidence.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's DM with DR, hypertension, and ED is not rated higher than the current 20 percent rating.,Nephropathy has been denied for ratings in excess of noncompensable prior to January 27, 2015, and in excess of 30 percent thereafter.,PN in RUE, LUE, RLE, and LLE is not rated higher than the current 40 percent rating.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings and earlier effective dates for diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy (PN), left ear hearing loss, right ear hearing loss, and tinnitus have been dismissed.,A 40 percent rating has been granted for PN in the upper and lower extremities.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's peripheral neuropathy in both lower extremities is rated at 40 percent, effective from the date of this decision.
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