The Board has granted service connection for numbness and pain affecting all extremities due to an undiagnosed illness, finding that the Veteran's reports of symptoms are credible and supported by clinical findings. The claim was reopened on new evidence.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran's competent and credible reports about longstanding numbness and pain in all extremities, particularly around his knee and shoulder joints, to be supported by clinical findings, including diminished upper extremity strength without a diagnosis and decreased temperature sensation for the right lower extremity. The April 2014 VA examiner’s opinion indicated with certainty that he is unable to clinically explain these symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- numbness, pain affecting all extremities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19185263
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Decisions by this judge: 2,604 · Granted: 65% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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