The Board has determined that additional development is needed to obtain the Veteran's private treatment records and a medical opinion. The issues of entitlement to initial compensable disability rating for RLE meralgia paresthetica, an initial disability in excess of 20 percent for RLE PN of the sciatic nerve, and an initial disability in excess of 20 percent for RLE PN of the femoral nerve are being remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that additional development is needed to obtain the Veteran's private treatment records and a medical opinion as these records may be pertinent to his claim on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity meralgia paresthetica, right thigh numbness, sciatic nerve pain in bilateral extremities, numbness and/or dysesthesias of the right thigh
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2023
- Citation
- 23009095
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right lower extremity meralgia paresthetica as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected coronary artery disease. The claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a groin injury following cardiac catherization is dismissed.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for right lower extremity meralgia paresthetica (claimed as peripheral neuropathy) was denied. The Board found that the evidence supported a finding of mild incomplete paralysis, which equates to a noncompensable rating.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for service connection for sleep apnea was dismissed. The appeals for service connection for left and right lower extremity meralgia paresthetica were granted.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for right thigh numbness and remanded the issue of a compensable rating for ventral hernia associated with service-connected residuals of GSW to the abdomen.
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