The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy was denied. The Board also remanded the issue of entitlement to a Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU).
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a higher rating than 20% for the Veteran's right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- Right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 14, 2022
- Citation
- 22008243
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