The Board found that the Veteran's neuropathy of the lower extremities is related to his service-connected bilateral compartment syndrome, but denied service connection for neuropathy of the left upper extremity as there was no evidence linking it to service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions were in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's lower extremity neuropathy was caused by his service-connected bilateral compartment syndrome. However, medical opinions were against finding that the Veteran's left upper extremity neuropathy is related to service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Neuropathy of the lower extremities, L4/L5 radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1701462
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