Peripheral neuropathy Board decisions

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the right and left legs as secondary to his service-connected bilateral pes cavus, and denied his claim for an initial rating in excess of 20 percent for his lumbar spine disability. The Board found no evidence of current peripheral neuropathy.

The Board found that the veteran's peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities was not shown to have had its onset during service or be causally related to service, and thus denied service connection for this condition.

The veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for diabetes mellitus, diabetic neuropathy, and amputation of the left middle finger were denied. The RO has established service connection for these conditions starting from the date of the veteran's claims.,There is no evidence of any earlier filed formal or informal claim for these disabilities.

The veteran's claim is being remanded due to the need for further evidentiary development, including obtaining VA records and scheduling an eye examination.

The veteran is presumed to be totally disabled (due to permanent disability) for VA pension purposes.

The veteran's claim for payment of compensation at the rate of $2,163 from June 9, 1994 to December 1, 2001 based on award of a TDIU is denied.

The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining information about an alleged assault during service and providing appropriate VA examinations to determine if any current diagnoses are related to service.

The veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected conditions are being remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations and VCAA compliance.

The veteran's claim for glaucoma was denied as there is no evidence of current disability.,New and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the skin disorder claim, including as due to herbicide exposure. The existing evidence does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.

The Board has determined that the veteran's peripheral neuropathy was not incurred or aggravated during service and is not related to exposure to Agent Orange. Service connection for this condition cannot be granted.

The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity and left lower extremity as secondary to his service-connected Type II diabetes mellitus.

The Board found that chronic peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities was not incurred in active military service and may not be presumed to have been incurred due to herbicide exposure, including Agent Orange.

The Board has determined that the veteran's unauthorized private medical services provided on May 18, 2001 and April 22, 2002 were for a service-connected disability (diabetes mellitus) in an emergent situation where no VA facility was feasibly available.

The veteran's Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with severe peripheral neuropathy is granted as service connected.

The VA granted a 20 percent evaluation for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, effective February 5, 2001. A separate 10 percent evaluation was assigned for neuropathy with weakness of the right lower extremity.

The Board denied service connection for Type II Diabetes Mellitus and Peripheral Neuropathy, finding that the veteran did not serve in Vietnam and thus was not exposed to herbicides. The Board also found that there is no evidence of a nexus between the claimed conditions and military service.

The veteran's service-connected disabilities render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation, and the Board grants entitlement to TDIU.

The Board finds that the veteran's sensorimotor neuropathy is due to military service, and after resolving reasonable doubt in his favor, grants service connection for this condition.

The veteran's claims for higher initial ratings for his back injury, DDD of the lumbar spine, and neuropathy of both lower extremities have been granted. The RO has assigned specific ratings based on the severity of these conditions as of certain dates.

The veteran's claims for service connection and increased ratings were denied. The noncompensable rating for the left wrist condition was granted, effective July 7, 2004.