The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy, prostatitis, chronic renal insufficiency with episodic acute renal failure and nephritic syndrome, and chronic ischemic heart disease, multivessel coronary artery disease, status post angioplasty, as none of these conditions were found to be related to his service or secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the veteran incurred peripheral neuropathy, prostatitis, chronic renal insufficiency with episodic acute renal failure and nephritic syndrome, or chronic ischemic heart disease, multivessel coronary artery disease, status post angioplasty in service. These conditions were also not found to be proximately due to or the result of his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy, Prostatitis, Chronic renal insufficiency with episodic acute renal failure and nephritic syndrome, Chronic ischemic heart disease, multivessel coronary artery disease, status post angioplasty
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2008
- Citation
- 0814136
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