The Board has granted service connection for right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hepatitis C.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was in equipoise, with positive nexus opinions from the May 2015 disability benefits questionnaires and continuous neuropathy symptoms since interferon treatment, outweighing negative VA examination opinions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, Left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20068268
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.
What you can do next
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