The Board has granted service connection for bilateral peripheral neuropathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability, finding that there is a greater than 50% chance the helicopter crash caused the neuropathy.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports the conclusion that the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability may have contributed to his current bilateral peripheral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19126859
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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