The Board has granted service connection for paresthesia of the right thigh and denied service connection for numbness of the toes. The paresthesia is related to the Veteran's service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: The VA primary care provider provided a nexus opinion linking the right thigh paresthesia to the service-connected left knee disability, which was accepted by the Board.
- Claimed conditions
- paresthesia of the right thigh, numbness of the toes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18138977
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