The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for left-upper-extremity disorder, finding that it is not proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected right-wrist carpal tunnel syndrome.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded there is no discernible basis of secondary causation due to right-wrist carpal tunnel syndrome and found the Veteran's left-upper-extremity disorder was less likely than not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Left-upper-extremity disorder, Diabetic neuropathy of the left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2020
- Citation
- 20070756
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and increased ratings due to the Veteran's withdrawal of his appeal.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including diabetic neuropathy of the right and left upper and lower extremities, migraine headaches, fatigue, kidney cancer, as well as an earlier effective date and a higher rating for diabetic neuropathy of the right lower extremity.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for diabetic neuropathy of the left upper, lower extremities and right lower extremity. The claims were remanded for further development regarding cardiovascular arterial disease and carpal tunnel of the right wrist.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased evaluations of type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiomegaly and congestive heart failure, stroke/cerebral vascular accident, diabetic nephropathy, voiding dysfunction, bowel disturbances (upper and lower extremities), neuropathy, right upper extremity muscle weakness, neuropathy, right lower extremity muscle weakness, diabetic neuropathy of the right upper extremity, diabetic neuropathy of the right lower extremity, diabetic neuropathy of the left upper extremity, and diabetic neuropathy of the left lower extremity are being remanded for further development.,The Veteran is currently in receipt of a 100 percent disability rating for cardiomegaly and congestive heart failure and stroke/cerebral vascular accident.
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