The Board has granted service connection for right and left lower extremity neurological disabilities, rating them at 40% under Diagnostic Code 8520 (sciatic nerve). The effective date is not specified as the appeal was based on reopening of previously denied claims.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners diagnosed the Veteran with idiopathic bilateral leg neuropathy and provided a finding that it represented an undiagnosed illness, warranting the presumption of service connection under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317(d).
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity neurological disability, Left lower extremity neurological disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- December 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20077710
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