The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral upper extremity neuropathy, finding that there is no current diagnosis of this condition and thus cannot establish a link to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a current diagnosis of bilateral upper extremity neuropathy, which is required for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral upper extremity neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19131055
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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