The Board granted service connection for bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, secondary to diabetes mellitus type II.

The deciding factor: The evidence is approximately evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy was caused by his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II, and reasonable doubt must be resolved in favor of the Veteran.

Claimed conditions

right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy

How they argued it

Secondary to another service-connected condition

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

100%

Decision date

December 10, 2025

Citation

A25106467

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