The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, including as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, has been reopened and is granted. The claim for a disability of the lower left leg remains denied. An increased rating for a residual scar on the left buttock was withdrawn by the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the last denial supports the reopening of the claim for bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, as it is at least as likely as not that the condition is caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The claim for a disability of the lower left leg remains denied due to lack of new and material evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Peripheral Neuropathy of the Lower Extremities, Disability of the Lower Left Leg
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2017
- Citation
- 1728643
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Granted
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