The Board has granted service connection for bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, finding that it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected essential tremors.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy was caused by his service-connected essential tremors, resolving doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- right arm peripheral neuropathy, left arm peripheral neuropathy, right hand peripheral neuropathy, left hand peripheral neuropathy, right leg peripheral neuropathy, left leg peripheral neuropathy, right foot peripheral neuropathy, left foot peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2022
- Citation
- 22054142
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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