The Board denied service connection for peripheral neuropathy and hypertension, finding that the conditions were not related to service or service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The expert medical opinion concluded that the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy was likely pre-existing and unrelated to his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The hypertension was also found to be unrelated to diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Neuropathy, Hypertension (HTN)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1014521
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What this means for you
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