The Veteran's claim for service connection for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to include secondary to peripheral neuropathy and herbicide exposure is dismissed as the Veteran withdrew his appeal.,Service connection granted for upper extremity peripheral neuropathy due to diabetes mellitus.,Service connection granted for lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to diabetes mellitus.,Essential tremors of the hands were not incurred or aggravated in service and are not related to herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The Veteran withdrew his appeal for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, leaving no issues for further adjudication.,Upper extremity peripheral neuropathy is proximately due to diabetes mellitus.,Lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is proximately due to diabetes mellitus.,Essential tremors of the hands were not demonstrated in service and are not related to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, hand tremors
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2018
- Citation
- 1812339
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