The Board has granted a TDIU effective March 11, 2013 due to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Veteran is unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment due to his service-connected disabilities since March 11, 2013.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of right upper extremity, Peripheral neuropathy of left upper extremity, Peripheral neuropathy of right foot, Peripheral neuropathy of left foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2018
- Citation
- 18126490
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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: Granted
The Veteran's SMC was granted at the intermediate level between 38 U.S.C. § 1114(m) and (n) due to additional disabilities including peripheral neuropathies, tinnitus, hearing loss, and lymphoma.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board finds that the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities is not related to service, including herbicide agent exposure in Thailand.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of both upper extremities due to a lack of adequate medical opinion and potential pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the left upper, right lower, and left lower extremities due to exposure to herbicide agents. The AOJ is instructed to schedule a VA examination and obtain any additional medical records.
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