The Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings and TDIU are remanded due to a pre-decisional error in obtaining private medical records.
The deciding factor: VA failed to obtain all relevant private treatment records during the appeal period, which could impact the rating decisions on the upper and lower extremity neuropathies.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity, diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity, diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2019
- Citation
- A19000796
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for the service connection grants and a higher disability rating, but remanded the service connection claim for erectile dysfunction.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for type II diabetes mellitus and diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, finding that neither condition was related to the Veteran's active military service.
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