The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetic neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II, and for a pulmonary condition as secondary to his service-connected ischemic heart disease. The evidence did not support the presence of these conditions during the appeal period.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show that the Veteran had diabetic neuropathy or a pulmonary disability proximate to or during the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities, diabetic neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, pulmonary condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19138444
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Decisions by this judge: 2,374 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Granted
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