The Veteran's right ankle condition is rated at 10 percent, and the Board has remanded for further examination to determine if it warrants a higher rating.,Service connection for left lower peripheral neuropathy due to herbicide agent exposure and secondary to service-connected right ankle condition is denied. The Veteran's bilateral lower peripheral neuropathy is not presumed to be related to his in-service herbicide exposure, but the Board has remanded for further examination to determine if it is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected right ankle condition.,Service connection for right lower peripheral neuropathy due to herbicide agent exposure and secondary to service-connected right ankle condition is denied. The Veteran's bilateral lower peripheral neuropathy is not presumed to be related to his in-service herbicide exposure, but the Board has remanded for further examination to determine if it is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected right ankle condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's right ankle condition warrants a higher rating.,The VA examiner did not address whether the Veteran’s bilateral lower peripheral neuropathy was aggravated by his service-connected right ankle condition, and therefore further examination is needed to determine if it is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected right ankle condition.,The evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's right lower peripheral neuropathy warrants a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Ankle Condition, Left Lower Peripheral Neuropathy, Right Lower Peripheral Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2020
- Citation
- 20056787
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