The Board has restored a 20 percent rating for sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, effective September 1, 2017.
The deciding factor: The reduction from 20 percent to 10 percent was not proper as there was no material improvement in the Veteran's service-connected disability and that such improvement would be maintained under ordinary conditions of life and work.
- Claimed conditions
- sensorimotor peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19127890
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What this means for you
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