The Veteran's service-connected peripheral neuropathy in both lower extremities is granted with a rating of 40 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated moderately severe symptoms warranting the assigned 40 percent disability ratings for peripheral neuropathy in both lower extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- January 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20004670
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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