The Board granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran.
The deciding factor: There is competent medical evidence showing that the veteran's peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities is due to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- 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
- March 2, 2009
- Citation
- 0907646
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of both upper and lower extremities due to a need for further clarity on the nature and etiology of the Veteran's conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected conditions of CAD, diabetes mellitus, and peripheral neuropathy prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of both the upper and lower extremities, to include as secondary to diabetes, for additional VA examinations and opinions.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, hypertension, PTSD, depression, anxiety, and raised prostate specific antigen (PSA) were dismissed due to untimely submissions.
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