The Board granted an effective date of October 20, 2008 for the award of service connection for left and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim for secondary service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy was found to have been filed at least as early as October 20, 2008, based on his October 2008 informal claim for a heart disability and the subsequent development of symptoms related to peripheral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- Left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, Right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2025
- Citation
- A25028160
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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