Peripheral neuropathy Board decisions

The Veteran's appeals for higher ratings for left leg acute thrombus and right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy have been dismissed. The Board also remanded the claims for increased ratings for right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy and entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).

The Board granted a 30 percent rating for the Veteran's service-connected right wrist peripheral autonomic neuropathy, finding moderate incomplete paralysis of the major hand.

The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the feet is related to her service-connected thyroid disability and grants this claim.

The Veteran's hearing loss is granted as service-connected. The cases for pes planus, peripheral neuropathy in all four extremities, and a psychiatric disability (including PTSD) are remanded due to the need for additional examinations.

The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for diabetes, upper right and left neuropathy, lower left neuropathy, posttraumatic stress disorder, and malignant melanoma. The decision also reopened a previously denied claim for service connection for skin cancer.

The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and dismissed the claims for left arm and right arm diabetic neuropathy.

The Board has dismissed all appeals as the appellant withdrew his requests for service connection.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral ulnar neuropathy, bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, and bilateral Dupuytren's disease due to inadequate medical opinions in the prior decision.

The Board found that the calculation of the combined disability rating for the Veteran's service-connected disabilities was correct, resulting in a 40 percent rating. The claim for a higher combined rating is denied.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings for his back disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and TDIU due to service-connected disabilities. The claims are being remanded for additional examinations and opinions.

The Board has remanded the case for further examination and opinion regarding whether the Veteran's cervical spine disability is caused or aggravated by his service-connected lumbosacral spine disability.

The Board has granted service connection for multiple sclerosis. The Veteran's claims for varicose veins, lumbar radiculopathy, myelopathy, rhabdomyolysis, neuropathy with sciatica and paresthesias, chronic leg pain, transverse myelitis, and an acquired psychiatric disorder are remanded as secondary to his service-connected multiple sclerosis. The Veteran's claim for TDIU is also remanded.

The Board has determined that the grant of service connection for diabetes mellitus, erectile dysfunction, onychomycosis, nephropathy, bladder dysfunction, renal hypertension, peripheral neuropathies, and bowel dysfunction was clearly erroneous due to lack of objective evidence supporting these diagnoses.

The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, finding no evidence to support a nexus between these conditions and service. The Veteran's TDIU claim was also denied as there was not sufficient evidence to establish that his service-connected disabilities rendered him unemployable.

The Board has granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy, but denied service connection for a neurological disorder other than peripheral neuropathy. The Veteran's peripheral neuropathy is presumed to be due to herbicide agent exposure during service.

The Board granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the right and left lower extremities, secondary to type II diabetes mellitus.

The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for peripheral neuropathy of his lower extremities due to inadequate medical opinions and incomplete analysis.

The Board has decided that the Veteran's hypertension and diabetes mellitus type II are not service-connected. The claims for diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity and right lower extremity have been remanded due to insufficient evidence.

The Veteran's claims for service connection for skin cancer, chloracne, type II diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy due to herbicide exposure are remanded. The Board finds that VA's duty to provide a VA examination is triggered given the Veteran's assertions of herbicide exposure during his service in Taiwan and at Elgin Air Force Base.

The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the severity and duration of peripheral neuropathy in the right lower extremity.