The Board has determined that there is no evidence of peripheral neuropathy or gastrointestinal disability during service, and the preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding of such disabilities at any time after separation from active duty. Therefore, service connection for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: There was no objective evidence of peripheral neuropathy or gastrointestinal disability in the Veteran's STRs or subsequent medical records, and the Board found that the Veteran did not have current diagnoses of these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of both upper extremities, Gastrointestinal disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2013
- Citation
- 1339658
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