The Veteran's bilateral peripheral neuropathy of upper and lower extremities is found to be proximately due to or the result of service-connected diabetes mellitus, thus granting service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral peripheral neuropathy was a complication of his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral peripheral neuropathy of upper and lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2014
- Citation
- 1425315
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What this means for you
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