The Board denied service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity and granted an initial 30 percent rating for fecal incontinence associated with voiding dysfunction.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have a current diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, and there was no objective evidence supporting his claim. The Board found that the Veteran's symptoms were better described by Diagnostic Code 7332 (impairment of sphincter control) rather than Diagnostic Code 7322 (fecal incontinence).
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, Fecal incontinence
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- August 3, 2018
- Citation
- 18123680
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