The Veteran's claim for restoration of a 20 percent rating for peripheral neuropathy of the RLE is granted, effective January 4, 2020.,The Veteran's claim for an initial rating of 20 percent for peripheral neuropathy of the LLE is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence demonstrated a sustained improvement in the Veteran's RLE peripheral neuropathy under ordinary conditions of life and work, warranting restoration of the 20 percent rating.,The evidence demonstrated an improvement in the Veteran's LLE peripheral neuropathy from moderate incomplete paralysis to mild incomplete paralysis.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity (RLE), Peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity (LLE)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 20, 2021
- Citation
- 21075374
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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