The Board has determined that the veteran does not have peripheral neuropathy of the feet and hands related to service or his service-connected diabetes mellitus, and thus denied the claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show a current disability of peripheral neuropathy of the feet and/or hands, and there was no evidence linking this condition to service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the feet, Peripheral neuropathy of the hands
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2008
- Citation
- 0817649
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- Remanded (sent back)
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