The Board has determined that the evidence received since the July 2010 rating decision does not meet the threshold burden of being new and material to reopen the claim for service connection for bilateral feet peripheral neuropathy.
The deciding factor: The newly received evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim, as it does not provide any additional information about in-service symptoms, diagnoses, complaints, treatment, or findings of peripheral neuropathy or a foot disorder; evidence of treatment for peripheral neuropathy or a foot disorder shortly after service separation; or that the neuropathy manifested to a compensable degree within one year after his last exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral feet peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2015
- Citation
- 1516296
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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: Dismissed
The veteran's appeal for service connection for bilateral feet peripheral neuropathy, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, and prostate cancer was dismissed due to a lack of timely filing.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to potential herbicide exposure and noise exposure during his active service. The Veteran is seeking service connection for ischemic heart disease, bilateral feet peripheral neuropathy, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and bilateral hearing loss.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not currently have left upper extremity or bilateral feet peripheral neuropathy, and thus service connection for these conditions is denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for an initial disability rating in excess of 20 percent for bilateral feet peripheral neuropathy and his claim to reopen a previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a back disability. The appeals are currently pending.
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