The Veteran's service connection claims for peripheral neuropathy of the right and left feet are granted as they are considered to be due to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: Service connection is established based on a finding that the Veteran's current diagnosed conditions (diabetic peripheral neuropathy) are related to his service-connected condition (diabetes mellitus).
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the right foot, Peripheral neuropathy of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2016
- Citation
- 1633319
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 7, 2021, for the award of TDIU and DEA benefits.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, MGUS, asymptomatic multiple myeloma, smoldering multiple myeloma, and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral hands, forearms, lower legs, and feet based on toxic exposure risk activities during active service.
- Denied
The Board denied the claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of both feet and dismissed the TDIU claim as moot due to a previous grant.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy of both feet due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding toxic exposure risk activities (TERA) related to the Veteran's military occupational specialty as a military police officer.
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