Effective dates of April 13, 2009 for service connection of generalized anxiety disorder and bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as secondary to service-connected multiple sclerosis.,Effective dates of April 13, 2009 for service connection of right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy and left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy as secondary to service-connected multiple sclerosis.,Effective dates of April 13, 2009 for service connection of right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as secondary to service-connected multiple sclerosis.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder and bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy were reasonably encompassed by his original claim for service connection of multiple sclerosis, which was granted on April 13, 2009.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Right Upper Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Left Upper Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Right Lower Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy, Left Lower Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19127410
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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- Denied
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