The Board denied service connection for peripheral neuropathy in both upper extremities and the TDIU claim prior to July 12, 2011. The Veteran's disabilities alone did not render him unemployable at that time.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the Veteran's service-connected conditions rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment prior to July 12, 2011.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity, Peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- Not specified
- Citation
- 18100038
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of June 6, 2019, for the evaluation and service connection of peripheral neuropathy in both upper extremities.
- Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for service connection and special monthly compensation based on housebound criteria, effective March 24, 2022.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for peripheral neuropathy in the left and right upper extremities as there is no evidence of a current diagnosis.
- Denied
The Board denied the appeals for increased ratings and TDIU, as the evidence did not support higher ratings or unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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