The Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the right and left upper extremities as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II, have been denied due to a lack of diagnosed disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a diagnosis of diabetic peripheral neuropathy in either upper extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2014
- Citation
- 1446288
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