The Board denied service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and bilateral upper extremity conditions, including carpel tunnel syndrome and degenerative arthritis, as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the veteran's active military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record did not persuasively establish a nexus between the claimed conditions and the veteran's period of active service, considering the lack of in-service symptoms, absence of relevant treatment records, and negative VA examination findings.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (PN), carpel tunnel syndrome and degenerative arthritis of the bilateral upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25009204
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Decisions by this judge: 237 · Granted: 39% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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