The Board granted the reopening of claims for service connection for ED, RUE PN, and LUE PN but dismissed the claim for DM. The remaining issues are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the April 2011 rating decision is new and material, allowing the reopening of the claims for ED, RUE PN, and LUE PN, while the March 2020 grant of service connection for DM extinguished the appeal for that condition. The remaining issues are remanded due to conflicting information regarding herbicide exposure and the status of service connection for DM.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus (DM), Erectile Dysfunction (ED), Right Upper Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy (RUE PN), Left Upper Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy (LUE PN), Depressive Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Cardiovascular (CV) Disorder, Right Lower Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy (RLE PN), Left Lower Extremity Peripheral Neuropathy (LLE PN)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2022
- Citation
- 22000184
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.
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