The Board found that the Veteran's current bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is not related to service, including his in-service knee injury. The weight of the most competent and persuasive evidence does not support a finding that this condition was incurred or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided were negative for any link between the Veteran's current condition and his military service, particularly the 2014 VA examination which found no causal relationship between the in-service knee injury and the current peripheral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2017
- Citation
- 1759132
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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