The Board has granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peripheral vascular disease of the left lower extremity, and peripheral vascular disease of the right lower extremity as secondary to service-connected diabetes mellitus. Service connection for retinopathy is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peripheral vascular disease of the left lower extremity, and peripheral vascular disease of the right lower extremity are found to be at least as likely as not related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- retinopathy, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, peripheral vascular disease of the left lower extremity, peripheral vascular disease of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2022
- Citation
- 22000075
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Decisions by this judge: 284 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection of peripheral neuropathy in all four extremities, resulting in the dismissal of these claims.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for service connection of peripheral neuropathy in all four extremities, resulting in the dismissal of these claims.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection for peripheral vascular disease of the bilateral lower extremities and a back disorder have been dismissed as he has withdrawn his appeal.
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