The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a pulmonary embolism and its associated residuals, as well as his claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities. The evidence does not support these claims.,Service connection was also denied for coronary artery disease and diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's statements were suggestive of a lay belief that his bilateral lower extremity neuropathy, his service-connected coronary artery disease, and his service-connected ankle disability caused the pulmonary embolism. However, there is no evidence in the record to support this claim.,Service connection was denied for both peripheral neuropathies as they are not shown to be related to herbicide exposure or service.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary Embolism, Peripheral Neuropathy of the Right Lower Extremity (RLE), Peripheral Neuropathy of the Left Lower Extremity (LLE)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2018
- Citation
- 18153599
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