The Board finds that the Veteran's neuropathy of the upper extremities is not related to his service, including as secondary to his service-connected type II diabetes mellitus and/or due to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding of early-onset peripheral neuropathy or any other chronic disease in service that could be linked to current symptoms. The Veteran's upper extremity symptoms are more likely related to repetitive use as a forklift driver and prior surgical interventions, rather than his diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- Neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 17, 2016
- Citation
- 1632625
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