The Board found that the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities did not have its onset in service or is otherwise associated with service, and the evidence does not show it is related to or aggravated by any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The examiner concluded that the Veteran's condition was less likely than not caused by the claimed in-service injury or otherwise incurred in service, or caused by or aggravated by a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Neuropathy of Bilateral Upper and Lower Extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2014
- Citation
- 1439956
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