The Veteran was granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities due to herbicide exposure in Thailand. However, he was denied service connection for upper extremity peripheral neuropathy.,There is no current diagnosis of bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that there is not a current diagnosis of an upper extremity neuropathy and it is unlikely the Veteran had objective evidence of a neuropathy of the upper extremities from 2012 to 2019 or that he does even presently.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities, Peripheral neuropathy of the right and left upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20059487
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