The Board denied service connection for a left upper extremity nerve disorder as secondary to the service-connected diabetes mellitus because the VA examiner found that the current diagnosis was not caused or aggravated by the diabetes.
The deciding factor: The July 2022 VA examiner opined that the left ulnar nerve disorder was not caused or aggravated by the service-connected diabetes mellitus, citing anatomical reasons and lack of causation.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity nerve disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22059900
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