The Board has granted service connection for diabetic peripheral neuropathy in both the right and left lower extremities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the reasonable doubt created by the evidence, which indicated that the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy in his lower extremities was caused by his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic peripheral neuropathy in the right lower extremity, diabetic peripheral neuropathy in the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 4, 2020
- Citation
- 20031160
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