The Veteran's peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities is granted as secondary to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: PN of the BLE was caused or aggravated by DM, which is a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy (PN) of the bilateral lower extremities (BLE), Diabetes mellitus (DM)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 26, 2021
- Citation
- 21032207
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- Denied
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