The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, finding no evidence linking his current condition to service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a link between the Veteran's current conditions and his service or any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19191540
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What this means for you
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