The Board denied service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the right and left upper extremities as there was no medical evidence showing a diagnosis of these conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence that the Veteran has been diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of right upper extremity, Peripheral neuropathy of left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 3, 2020
- Citation
- 20023325
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's SMC was granted at the intermediate level between 38 U.S.C. § 1114(m) and (n) due to additional disabilities including peripheral neuropathies, tinnitus, hearing loss, and lymphoma.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board finds that the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities is not related to service, including herbicide agent exposure in Thailand.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of both upper extremities due to a lack of adequate medical opinion and potential pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the left upper, right lower, and left lower extremities due to exposure to herbicide agents. The AOJ is instructed to schedule a VA examination and obtain any additional medical records.
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