The Board denied service connection for upper left and right extremity peripheral neuropathy as there is no current diagnosis of such conditions.
The deciding factor: There was no current diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy in the Veteran's upper extremities, with all examinations finding no objective evidence or symptoms indicative of such a condition.
- Claimed conditions
- upper left extremity peripheral neuropathy, upper right extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19132872
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Decisions by this judge: 1,828 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found the VA examination inadequate for adjudication purposes and requires a new one to determine if the Veteran's bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy conditions are etiologically related to his active military service, including as due to Agent Orange exposure.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for upper left, lower left, upper right, and lower right extremity peripheral neuropathy due to active duty service. The evidence is in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to Agent Orange exposure during service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for upper right and left extremity peripheral neuropathy due to a lack of opinion regarding whether these conditions are related to diabetes mellitus or ischemic heart disease.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for lower right, left, upper right, and upper left extremity peripheral neuropathy as secondary to diabetes mellitus.
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