The Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right lower extremity meralgia paresthetica have been denied as not established. The Board found that the evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners' opinions in May 2000 were based on the Veteran's symptoms being idiopathic and unrelated to his service-connected lumbar spine degenerative disc disease.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity meralgia paresthetica, right lower extremity meralgia paresthetica
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2009
- Citation
- 0920861
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate development of evidence, including obtaining medical records and conducting an examination regarding the Veteran's service-connected meralgia paresthetica and iliotibial band syndrome.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development due to unclear impairment and need for additional medical opinion regarding the Veteran's left lower extremity meralgia paresthetica and iliotibial band syndrome.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that additional development is needed to obtain the Veteran's private treatment records and a medical opinion. The issues of entitlement to initial compensable disability rating for RLE meralgia paresthetica, an initial disability in excess of 20 percent for RLE PN of the sciatic nerve, and an initial disability in excess of 20 percent for RLE PN of the femoral nerve are being remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right lower extremity meralgia paresthetica as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease. The claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a groin injury following cardiac catherization is dismissed.
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