The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected diabetic peripheral neuropathy of both upper extremities due to inadequate examination and failure to address severity.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide a clear explanation regarding the severity of the Veteran's service-connected diabetic peripheral neuropathy of his bilateral upper extremities, as indicated in the June 2019 DBQ.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2020
- Citation
- 20066209
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetic peripheral neuropathy as it is etiologically linked to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes. Other claims were remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and to obtain additional medical opinions.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for ischemic heart disease, syncope, diabetes mellitus, Type-II, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, bilateral hearing loss, and fracture of two upper teeth due to procedural defects in the Veteran's filings.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and denied service connection for hypertension, coronary artery disease (CAD), diabetes mellitus, type I and II, right foot osteoarthritis, headaches, steatosis, and diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
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