The Board denied service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities as they did not originate in service or within a year after service, and were not related to any established in-service exposures.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's peripheral neuropathy was not shown to have originated during his active duty service or within one year thereafter. There was no evidence of relevant in-service events such as tactical herbicide exposure that could support the claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy (PN) of the right lower extremity, Peripheral neuropathy (PN) of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106805
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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