The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to insufficient evidence regarding service connection and rating of peripheral artery disease.
The deciding factor: The CAVC found that the Board's decision lacked adequate rationale for denying service connection for upper extremity neuropathy and higher ratings for lower extremity disabilities, particularly regarding functional impairment and secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of bilateral upper extremities, Diabetic peripheral neuropathy of bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2022
- Citation
- 22062272
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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
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- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy has prevented him from securing and maintaining substantially gainful occupation since April 2008.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for service connection of peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities is denied as there was no communication prior to March 31, 2010 indicating intent to seek this service connection.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the claimed conditions, finding that there was no evidence of herbicide exposure during service and thus no basis to grant any of the claims.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus type II.
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