The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates of February 29, 2016 for the grant of service connection for right upper extremity and left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy are granted.
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 on February 29, 2016.
- Claimed conditions
- RUE peripheral neuropathy, 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
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and increased ratings were denied. The appeal as to entitlement to a TDIU from January 26, 2017 is dismissed as moot.
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