The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for left arm peripheral neuropathy as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus II.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided a medical interpretation of the September 2014 mental health note, concluding that the Veteran's left upper extremity neuropathy was at least as likely as not caused by service-connected diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- left arm peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- September 20, 2016
- Citation
- 1636795
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