The Board denied service connection for right upper extremity, left upper extremity and right lower extremity nerve damage as secondary to residuals of a left inguinal herniorrhaphy due to lack of current diagnosis.
The deciding factor: There is no probative evidence demonstrating the Veteran has current diagnoses of nerve damage in his bilateral upper or right lower extremities that are related to service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity nerve damage, left upper extremity nerve damage, right lower extremity nerve damage
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2022
- Citation
- 22037342
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for back condition, right lower extremity nerve damage, left lower extremity nerve damage, and residuals of a right-hand injury as the Veteran does not have current diagnoses for these conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left and right upper extremity nerve damage as directly related to the Veteran's active duty service, resolving doubt in his favor.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that new and relevant evidence has been received to warrant readjudication of the Veteran's claims for service connection for depression, right knee disorders, left knee disorders, a back disorder, and a heart disorder. The claims are being remanded due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's right upper extremity nerve damage and denied an increased rating for left upper extremity nerve damage. Other issues were remanded.
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