The Board has granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right wrist degenerative joint disease, status post-operative residuals of nonunion fracture scaphoid.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran’s current peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity is at least as likely as not due to his service-connected right wrist degenerative joint disease, status post-operative residuals of nonunion fracture scaphoid.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, nerve damage of the right wrist
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- November 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19189680
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Denied
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