The Board denied the claim for service connection for a neurological disability of the right lower and upper extremities, finding that there is no evidence of such a condition during or after service.
The deciding factor: There was no objective evidence of any neurologic pathology in either upper extremity or right lower extremity for which service connection would be warranted.
- Claimed conditions
- neurological disability of the right lower extremity, neurological disability of the right upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20000261
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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