The Board has granted service connection for neuropathy of the right lower extremity, left lower extremity, and right hand. The evidence is in relative equipoise as to whether these conditions were incurred or aggravated by active-duty service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms have been present since at least the 1950s and are related to his dermatophytosis (fungal skin condition).
- Claimed conditions
- Neuropathy of the right lower extremity, Neuropathy of the left lower extremity, Neuropathy of the right hand
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2022
- Citation
- A22022403
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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.
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