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diabetes Polyneuropathy or Peripheral Neuropathy?
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The Neurologist daignosed me with Diabetic Polyneuropathy instead of Peripheral Neuropathy. Does it matter or are the two terms the same? He told me I should file Diabetic Polyneuropathy, secondary to Diabetes. If the two terms are the same thing then why shouldn't I file the presumptive Peripheral Neuropathy?
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I don't think it really matters what the neurologist called it (polyneuropathy or peripheral neuropathy). The VA rating is based on the nerve affected not the terminology in question. Nerves affecte
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