The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a right eye disability, peripheral neuropathy of upper or lower extremities related to his service or a service-connected condition. Service connection is denied for these conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no competent evidence showing a current diagnosis of a right eye disability, peripheral neuropathy of upper or lower extremities, and the Veteran's claims are based on secondary service connection which requires a causal relationship between the claimed disabilities and his service-connected diabetes mellitus. The medical evidence does not support such a link.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Eye Disability, Peripheral Neuropathy (Upper Extremities), Peripheral Neuropathy (Lower Extremities)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19178469
What this means for you
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