The Board has granted service connection for diabetic neuropathy of the left upper, right upper, right lower, and left lower extremities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II. Service connection for erectile dysfunction was denied.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence is at least in equipoise that the Veteran’s diabetic neuropathy of the extremities is proximately due to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic neuropathy of the left upper extremity, diabetic neuropathy of the right upper extremity, diabetic neuropathy of the right lower extremity, diabetic neuropathy of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2020
- Citation
- A20016058
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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