The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II, is granted as secondary to his service-connected status post partial thyroidectomy.,The Veteran's erectile dysfunction is granted as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.,The Veteran's peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, left lower extremity, right upper extremity, and left upper extremity are all granted as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.,The Veteran's cervical carpal tunnel syndrome is granted as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran’s diabetes mellitus, type II, was proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected status post partial thyroidectomy.,The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran’s erectile dysfunction is proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.,The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran’s peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, left lower extremity, right upper extremity, and left upper extremity are proximately due to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.,The evidence is in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's cervical carpal tunnel syndrome is proximately due to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II, erectile dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, cervical carpal tunnel syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19194798
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