The Veteran's upper extremity peripheral neuropathy is found to be secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II. The Board grants this claim.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the evidence showing that the Veteran's current upper extremity peripheral neuropathy is related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II, and considering all doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- upper extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1010257
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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.
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