The Board granted earlier effective dates of February 29, 2016 for the Veteran's service connection claims for right and left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran had symptoms of bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy at the time he submitted his original claims in February 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity (RUE) peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity (LUE) peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 5, 2022
- Citation
- 22000388
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of right and left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, as the earliest claim was received on September 24, 2020.
- Denied
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