The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral lower extremity sensory peripheral neuropathy, finding that it is proximately due to his service-connected diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner initially found no evidence of a direct link between the Veteran's back disability and his lower extremity neuropathy. However, upon granting service connection for diabetes mellitus, which was previously not service connected, the Board determined that the neuropathy is more likely related to this condition as it is a common complication.
- Claimed conditions
- RLE sensory peripheral neuropathy, LLE sensory peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2024
- Citation
- A24080855
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