The Board has granted the veteran's claim of service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The issue regarding an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for sinusitis is remanded.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence supports that the veteran's post-service peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities was caused by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2004
- Citation
- 0417296
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