The Veteran's kidney disorder and peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities were not incurred in or aggravated by active duty service, nor are they proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: Competent evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's current kidney disorder or bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities are related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The VA examiner concluded that none of these disorders were 'related to any incident found in service.'
- Claimed conditions
- Kidney Disorder, Peripheral Neuropathy of the Right Upper Extremity (RUE), Peripheral Neuropathy of the Left Upper Extremity (LUE), Peripheral Neuropathy of the Right Lower Extremity (RLE), Peripheral Neuropathy of the Left Lower Extremity (LLE)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0936263
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