The Board denied the appellant's claims for an initial rating higher than 40 percent for type 2 diabetes mellitus and service connection for diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities, as secondary to his service-connected diabetes.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for a higher rating or service connection under the applicable diagnostic codes.
- Claimed conditions
- type 2 diabetes mellitus, diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0625693
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