The Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II (DMII) is found to have caused his polyneuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, which has been granted as service connected. The Veteran's PTSD and MDD are also found to be related to his service-connected DMII, leading to a grant of TDIU.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions provided positive nexus opinions linking the polyneuropathy and PTSD/MDD to the service-connected diabetes mellitus type II (DMII).
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 70%
- Decision date
- August 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19162234
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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