The Board denied service connection for a heart disability, to include IHD, but granted an earlier effective date of September 26, 2011, for the appellant's peripheral neuropathy of both upper extremities.

The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a current diagnosis of a heart disability, while the appellant met the criteria for entitlement to service connection for peripheral neuropathy of his upper extremities at the time he filed his claim for diabetes mellitus type II in 2011.

Claimed conditions

Heart disability, to include ischemic heart disease (IHD), Peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, Peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 15, 2025

Citation

A25088620

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