The Veteran's claims for service connection for prostate disorder, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathies, and acquired psychiatric disorder other than PTSD have been denied as there is no evidence of current disabilities or a causal relationship to service.
The deciding factor: There are no current diagnoses of the claimed conditions in the record, and any symptoms reported by the Veteran were attributed to his service-connected residuals of stroke rather than being related to the conditions themselves.
- Claimed conditions
- Prostate Disorder, Acquired Psychiatric Disorder, other than PTSD, Bilateral Upper Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Bilateral Lower Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 16, 2018
- Citation
- 18102734
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