The Board has granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s peripheral neuropathy was proximately caused by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, Diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19130953
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) at the R(1) rate due to his need for regular aid and attendance.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding no evidence that his death was related to any injury or disease in service, including exposure to herbicide agents.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of both lower extremities to obtain a VA medical opinion regarding whether the current condition is caused or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's death during the pendency of the appeal.
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