The Board has found that the Veteran's neuropathy of the lower extremities is caused by his service-connected diabetes mellitus. Service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the evidence showing a link between the service-connected diabetes and the onset of peripheral neuropathy in both legs, with no other etiology found.
- Claimed conditions
- Neuropathy of the right lower extremity, Neuropathy of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1018399
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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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