The Board found that the veteran's peripheral neuropathy of both feet was not caused or aggravated by his service, or a service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examination report indicated that the veteran's peripheral polyneuropathy was related to his chronic diabetes mellitus and associated ischemic neuropathy secondary to peripheral vascular disease (PVD).
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral neuropathy of both feet
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 3, 2002
- Citation
- 0211175
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