The Board has granted service connection for facial neuropathy as secondary to the veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II. The TDIU claim is remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence established a link between the veteran's trigeminal neuropathy and his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Claimed conditions
- facial neuropathy, trigeminal neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 17, 2008
- Citation
- 0802022
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What this means for you
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