The Veteran's service-connected type II diabetes mellitus is found to be the proximate cause of his diabetic peripheral neuropathy affecting all four extremities, and this decision grants service connection for both upper and lower extremity conditions.
The deciding factor: Diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities is found to be related to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus due to evidence indicating that the condition may have been present prior to the diagnosis of diabetes, and a VA clinician's statement supporting this conclusion.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2014
- Citation
- 1405004
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