The Veteran's service-connected right and left lower extremity sciatic and femoral peripheral neuropathy are being remanded for further evaluation due to increased symptoms.
The deciding factor: Increased neurological symptoms necessitate a new VA examination to assess the current severity of the disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity sciatic peripheral neuropathy, Left lower extremity sciatic peripheral neuropathy, Right lower extremity femoral peripheral neuropathy, Left lower extremity femoral peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2020
- Citation
- 20033037
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to increased evaluations for service-connected peripheral neuropathy in both lower extremities due to a need for further development and readjudication.
- Denied
The Veteran's PTSD is rated at 70 percent, but no higher.,The Veteran’s left upper extremity neuropathy and carpal tunnel syndrome are rated at 30 percent, but no higher.,The Veteran’s right upper extremity neuropathy and carpal tunnel syndrome were granted a rating of 40 percent prior to December 6, 2019, and denied from that date forward.,The Veteran's left lower extremity sciatic peripheral neuropathy was granted a rating of 40 percent prior to December 6, 2019, and denied from that date forward.,The Veteran’s right lower extremity sciatic peripheral neuropathy was granted a rating of 40 percent prior to December 6, 2019, and denied from that date forward.,The Veteran's left lower extremity femoral peripheral neuropathy was granted a rating of 20 percent prior to December 6, 2019, and denied from that date forward.,The Veteran’s right lower extremity femoral peripheral neuropathy was granted a rating of 20 percent prior to December 6, 2019, and denied from that date forward.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between the Veteran's disabilities and their service-connected right foot disability.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 20 percent disability rating for right and left lower extremity femoral peripheral neuropathy, finding that the Veteran's symptoms warranted this level of disability based on VA examination findings and medical records.
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