Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for right and left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes, but remanded the claim for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) due to a need for further evidence.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on medical evidence showing that the Veteran's diabetic neuropathy is directly related to his service-connected diabetes and supported by the fact that both conditions were treated together in his medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25090066
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