The Board denied service connection for bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy as not incurred in or aggravated by service and not proximately due to or the result of diabetes mellitus, type II.
The deciding factor: No current diagnosis of bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy was found, and the examiner stated that subjective symptoms were at least as likely as not secondary to diabetes but objective findings did not confirm this.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1039664
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted effective dates of July 10, 2017 for the grant of service connection for bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy. The Veteran's TDIU claim is also granted with an effective date of July 10, 2017.
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