The Veteran's claim for service connection for peripheral neuropathy was denied. The initial increased rating claims for left knee scars and the earlier effective date claim were granted with a 10 percent disability rating assigned as of March 22, 2016. However, all other issues related to his left knee disabilities were denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's peripheral neuropathy was not shown to be service-connected or etiologically related to his active duty service. The effective date for the award of service connection for left knee scars was set at March 22, 2016 as it was the date of the initial claim for increased rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy, Left knee scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 25, 2018
- Citation
- 18144745
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