The Board granted service connection for a neurological disability and increased the rating for diabetes mellitus to 40 percent, effective from July 1, 1980.
The deciding factor: The veteran developed peripheral neuropathy on the tips of his fingers and toes as a result of his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- neurological disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 31, 2001
- Citation
- 0125643
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inadequate VA examination reports. The claims will be reviewed with addendum opinions addressing the nature and etiology of his GU disability, skin disability, acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD, MDD), and neurological disability.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's neurological disability, separate and distinct from his service-connected migraine headaches, is not related to his service or a service-connected condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for a psychiatric disorder and remanded the claim for service connection of a neurological disability due to potential exposure to toxic environmental agents during service.
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