The Veteran's claim for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of both upper extremities, secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, is denied as there is no competent evidence of current disability.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence that the Veteran has a diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities or an upper extremity peripheral neuropathy related to the upper extremity neurological complaints he had in service.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral neuropathy of both upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19120499
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