The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for peripheral neuropathy of his lower extremities due to inadequate medical opinions and incomplete analysis.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide a complete analysis regarding the severity of the Veteran's bilateral lower extremity neuropathy, including the sciatic nerves.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy (femoral nerve) of the right lower extremity, Peripheral neuropathy (femoral nerve) of the left lower extremity, Peripheral neuropathy (sciatic nerve) of the right lower extremity prior to August 20, 2021, Peripheral neuropathy (sciatic nerve) of the left lower extremity prior to August 20, 2021
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22001330
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Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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.
- Granted
The Board granted a rating of 40 percent for peripheral neuropathy (sciatic nerve) of the right lower extremity and a rating of 20 percent for peripheral neuropathy (sciatic nerve) of the left lower extremity. The ratings were denied for peripheral neuropathy (femoral nerve) of the right and left lower extremities.
- Granted
The Veteran's ratings for peripheral neuropathy (femoral nerve) of the left and right lower extremities were reduced from 20% to 0%. The Board has restored these ratings based on evidence showing no significant improvement in the Veteran's condition.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
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