The Board denied service connection for numbness, tingling, and pain in the left arm and left ankle and leg as claimed due to an undiagnosed illness or medically unexplained chronic multi-symptom illness. The Board found that there was no evidence of a nexus between these conditions and active duty service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not find any direct link between the Veteran's diagnosed peripheral neuropathy and her active duty service, including documented foot trauma and environmental exposures.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness in left arm, tingling in left arm, pain in left arm, numbness in left ankle and leg, tingling in left ankle and leg, pain in left ankle and leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19110756
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