The Board denied service connection for BUE and BLE peripheral neuropathy and residuals of breast cancer, finding that the Veteran's conditions are not related to her military service. The evidence did not show a nexus between her in-service duties and her current diagnoses.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no direct link between the Veteran's in-service activities and her current diagnoses of BUE and BLE peripheral neuropathy and breast cancer, noting that the onset of symptoms was years after her military service ended.
- Claimed conditions
- BUE and BLE peripheral neuropathy, breast cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2018
- Citation
- 1804150
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