The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of various nerves.

The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding that any of the claimed conditions were present within one year of discharge or that there was an increase in disability during the one-year period prior to January 27, 2020.

Claimed conditions

left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the femoral nerve, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the femoral nerve, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve (claimed as bilateral foot condition), right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the external cutaneous nerve, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the external cutaneous nerve, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the ilio-inguinal nerve, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the ilio-inguinal nerve, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the obturator nerve, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy of the obturator nerve

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

July 1, 2025

Citation

A25056930

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