The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral upper and lower peripheral neuropathy, to include CIDP and carpal tunnel syndrome, as there was no probative evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
The deciding factor: The most probative evidence of record did not establish a nexus between the Veteran's in-service symptoms and his current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral upper and lower peripheral neuropathy, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP), Carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2025
- Citation
- 25007652
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Decisions by this judge: 878 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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