Service connection for diabetes mellitus type 2 and diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities is granted as secondary to service-connected conditions. A 10 percent rating is granted for a painful scar from left carpal tunnel release surgery, subject to further examination for right carpal tunnel syndrome.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's diabetes mellitus type 2 and diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities are found to be proximately due to his service-connected fatty infiltration of the liver and diabetes mellitus type 2 respectively.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus type 2, diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, right carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2018
- Citation
- 18108039
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What this means for you
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