The Board denied the appellant's claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy, bilateral upper extremities, secondary to type II diabetes mellitus and determined that new and material evidence had not been received to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for hearing loss.
The deciding factor: There was no competent medical evidence linking the appellant's current peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities to his time in active service or to his service-connected type II diabetes mellitus. The Board concluded that the preponderance of the evidence is against the claim and denied it.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy, bilateral upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2007
- Citation
- 0704843
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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