The Veteran's service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, left lower extremity, right upper extremity, and left upper extremity has been granted as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.,The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder (including dysthymic disorder, depression, and PTSD) claim was reopened with the grant of secondary service connection for PTSD.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current diagnoses of PTSD are linked to his military service in Vietnam, specifically the incident where the ammunition dump exploded during a rocket attack.
- Claimed conditions
- acquired psychiatric disorder (including dysthymic disorder, depression, and PTSD), lumbar spine disability, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19136397
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,104 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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