The Board has granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities with an effective date of January 13, 2012. The Veteran's claim was previously denied in 2004 and 2008 but reopened on new evidence submitted after these decisions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the claims were properly reopened based on new evidence submitted by the Veteran after the previous denials.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of right and left lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- June 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18109953
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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