The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right lower extremity peripheral nerve disability, finding that it was not incurred or aggravated by his military service and is not related to his service-connected tinea pedis with onychomycosis.
The deciding factor: There is no positive medical opinion in favor of the Veteran's claim. The VA examiners concluded that the right lower extremity peripheral nerve disability did not have its onset during service, was not proximately due to or aggravated by the service-connected tinea pedis with onychomycosis, and had a separate etiology unrelated to the service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity peripheral nerve disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22014291
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