Peripheral neuropathy Board decisions

The Board remands the appeal for a new medical opinion to address the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected disabilities and his cause of death.

The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 24, 2007, for the award of service connection for peripheral neuropathy affecting both upper and lower extremities.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left elbow disability, tinnitus, testicle disability (including erectile dysfunction), and peripheral neuropathy in all extremities due to lack of evidence supporting current diagnoses or a nexus to service.

The Board remands the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including diabetes mellitus, type II, and related disabilities, due to a need for further development of evidence.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for various neurological disabilities due to a failure by the RO to substantially comply with previous remand directives.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathies due to a lack of substantial compliance with previous remand directives.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including a liver condition, lumbar spine condition, and other extremity conditions. The denial was based on the lack of evidence linking these conditions to his military service.

The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings for peripheral neuropathy and obstructive sleep apnea due to a need for additional development of evidence.

The Board denied higher ratings for various peripheral neuropathies in the right and left lower extremities, finding that the evidence did not support a rating higher than those already assigned.

The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus, tremors (claimed as Parkinson's disease), erectile dysfunction, an acquired psychiatric disorder, diabetic retinopathy, hypertension, and peripheral neuropathy and vascular disease in the extremities.

The Board denied service connection for arthritis, peripheral neuropathy of both lower extremities, and right ear hearing loss. TDIU was also denied on an extraschedular basis.

The Board granted a 100 percent rating for coronary artery disease (CAD) and denied compensable ratings for chest scars, leg scars, and service connection for bilateral lower extremity neuropathy secondary to CAD.

The Board remands the claims for service connection for a recurrent lumbar spine disability, right lower extremity disability, left lower extremity disability, and sleep disability due to the need for further development of the record.

The Board denied entitlement to an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent, prior to May 10, 2021, and a disability rating in excess of 20 percent, effective from May 10, 2021, for peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity.

The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to a previous inadequate VA examination.

The Board denied a compensable evaluation for bilateral hearing loss prior to June 26, 2023, and remanded the claims for service connection for various conditions including knee disorders, sleep apnea, erectile dysfunction, sleep disorder, psychiatric disorder, and neuropathy of multiple extremities.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and a TDIU, finding that his service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from securing or following substantially gainful employment.

The Board granted a rating of 40 percent for both the left and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, as the symptoms more nearly approximated moderately severe incomplete paralysis.

The Board granted a disability evaluation of 40 percent, but no higher, for right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy effective May 5, 2021, and denied an evaluation greater than 20 percent prior to that date.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and diabetic peripheral neuropathy in the bilateral lower extremities as there was no evidence that these conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.