The Board denied service connection for the residuals of a neck injury and for numbness and tingling of the fingers, both on a direct basis. The claim for numbness and tingling of the fingers as secondary to diabetes mellitus was also denied.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a neck injury in service, and the medical evidence does not support a nexus between current cervical spine conditions and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of Neck Injury, Numbness and Tingling of Fingers (Secondary to Diabetes Mellitus)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2005
- Citation
- 0527187
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