The Board denied service connection for a bilateral knee disability, erectile dysfunction, and bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as they are not related to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with myositis.,There is no evidence showing that the Veteran's current conditions had their onset during service or are caused by his service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence shows that the Veteran does not have a current bilateral knee disability, erectile dysfunction, or bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy separate from radiculopathy. The VA opinions found no causal relationship between these conditions and the service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine with myositis.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral knee disability, Erectile dysfunction, Bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20027072
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