The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral upper and lower extremity neurological disabilities, finding that there was no causal connection between his service or presumed herbicide agent exposure and his current conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s claimed disabilities were less likely related to service or herbicide agent exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity neurological disability, Left lower extremity neurological disability, Right upper extremity neurological disability, Left upper extremity neurological disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2021
- Citation
- 21012716
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are being remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors. The VA will obtain medical opinions regarding the relationship between the claimed conditions and service-connected bilateral hearing loss, as well as a TERA examination for frequent urination.
- Dismissed
The appeal as to service connection for TBI is dismissed.,Service connection for right and left lower extremity neurological disabilities secondary to the service-connected lumbosacral strain is denied.
- Denied
The Veteran's obstructive sleep apnea, right upper extremity neurological disability, and left upper extremity neurological disability are not service-connected.,The Veteran's service-connected left ear hearing loss does not warrant a compensable rating.
- Partly granted
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