The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for bilateral neurological disability of the lower extremities, finding that there was no evidence linking his current condition to his in-service knee disabilities or any other service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no medical rationale correlating the diagnosis of a right or left knee condition with the development or aggravation of peripheral neuropathy, and thus concluded it was less likely than not that the Veteran's lower extremity neurological disability was proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected knee conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral neurological disability of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2023
- Citation
- 23055759
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