The Board has granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral feet, finding that it is at least as likely as not incurred in service.
The deciding factor: A VA neurologist provided an opinion stating that the Veteran's idiopathic polyneuropathy causing numbness and tingling was more likely than not incurred during his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19176945
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.
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