The Veteran's claim of service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, including as due to service-connected diabetes mellitus, has been granted. However, his claim for peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity remains denied.,Service connection was also established for PTSD and right carpal tunnel mononeuropathy with effective dates set at April 12, 2013.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus caused or aggravated his current peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Neuropathy of Bilateral Lower Extremities, Peripheral Neuropathy of Left Upper Extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19123897
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Decisions by this judge: 2,017 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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: Partly granted
The Board has readjudicated the claims for service connection for PTSD, bilateral hearing loss disability, cervical spine disability, skin disability, and peripheral neuropathy of both upper extremities. The decision is mixed as some issues are granted while others are remanded.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, finding that these conditions are related to injuries sustained during active duty.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's PTSD is currently rated at 50 percent, and the Board denied a higher rating.,The Veteran was granted TDIU based on his service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus, bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, and a low back disorder due to the lack of evidence linking these conditions to service or exposure to herbicides. Service connection was granted for the low back disorder.
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