I was diagnosed with type 2 Diabetes in approx 2000, and was being treated and cared for at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital, at tis time I am still on active duty. I was also complaining of pain, numbness, tingling sensation on both my arms, I was diagnosed with diabetic neuropathy and was placed on Neurotin. the pain seems to go away at times. then I was placed on elavil. when i retired from the navy in 2003, I filed a Disability claim for diabeted and Diabetic neuropathy, the neruopathy was denied by the examiner also said, I have early stage of neuropathy. Now 2009 comes and I'm still having pain, so I have my PM checked it and referred me to a neuroligist and they did the EMG testing, they came out with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, I filed a claim but VA denied the claim as not service related. so, can someone help me out and figure out what to do next. by the way neurotin is a drug the would relieve nerve pain (researching it on the webmd site). the medication they gave me relieves the pain but didn't fix the cause. all of this is in my medical record.