The Veteran's service connection claim for peripheral neuropathy of the left leg was granted in October 2013, resolving his appeal. The secondary service connection claim for arthritis of the right and left legs is pending.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on new evidence submitted by the Veteran that demonstrated a relationship between Raynaud's phenomenon (manifested by peripheral neuropathy of the left leg) and the Veteran's arthritis of the right and left legs.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the left leg, Arthritis of the right and left legs
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2014
- Citation
- 1402672
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeals for severance of service connection for peripheral neuropathy and diabetes mellitus have been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded to obtain updated VA treatment records and an examination for his service-connected peripheral neuropathy of the left and right legs. The issues of entitlement to increased ratings are currently pending.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral leg disabilities, including peripheral neuropathy of the left and right legs, finding that there was no evidence linking these conditions to military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for peripheral neuropathy of the left leg, left foot, and right foot due to Agent Orange exposure. The Veteran's service treatment records are not available, but he is presumed to have been exposed to herbicide agents during his service in Vietnam.
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