The Board denied service connection for right lower and left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, a rating in excess of 50 percent for posttraumatic stress disorder and depression, and an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for hypertension. However, the TDIU was granted.

The deciding factor: The evidence did not support the presence of right lower or left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and the psychiatric symptoms did not more closely approximate occupational and social impairment with deficiencies in most areas. The Veteran's hypertension did not present as diastolic pressure predominantly 110 or more, or systolic pressure predominantly 200 or more at any point during the appeal period.

Claimed conditions

right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, posttraumatic stress disorder and depression (psychiatric disorder), hypertension, residual scar and retained fragment, left calf shrapnel injury, residual scar, left calf injury, non-painful, residual scar and retained fragment, left buttock shrapnel injury, residual scar, left middle finger shrapnel injury, right ankle disability, left hip disability, left knee disability, right hip disability, left ankle disability, right knee disability, degenerative disc disease other than intervertebral disc syndrome, right upper extremity radiculopathy, upper radicular group, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

May 12, 2025

Citation

A25042263