The Board has granted service connection for right upper and lower extremity nerve disabilities, finding that these conditions are secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran did not exhibit diabetic peripheral neuropathy but found a link between his diabetes mellitus and the onset of the peripheral neuropathy exhibited by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity nerve disability, right lower extremity nerve disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2013
- Citation
- 1314122
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands all claims for service connection to the AOJ for further development, including obtaining relevant VA and private medical records and scheduling a VA examination.
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