The Board denied service connection for left lower extremity (LLE) peripheral neuropathy as the Veteran does not have a current disability of LLE peripheral neuropathy and there is no recent diagnosis prior to his filing of a claim.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosis of LLE peripheral neuropathy in the record, and the Veteran's subjective complaints do not result in functional impairment of earning capacity.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity (LLE) peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2022
- Citation
- 22061490
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