The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a supplemental opinion to assess the severity of his peroneal nerve disabilities from 2011 to present and determine whether the symptomatology of his superficial peroneal, deep peroneal nerves, and common peroneal nerves overlapped with his sciatic and femoral nerve impairments.
The deciding factor: The Board found the current evidence insufficient to assess the severity of the Veteran's peroneal nerve disabilities from 2011 to present and whether their symptomatology overlapped with his other service-connected nerve impairments, as directed by the June 2022 Joint Motion for Partial Remand (JMPR).
- Claimed conditions
- Intervertebral disc syndrome of the right sciatic nerve, Superficial peroneal nerve, Deep peroneal nerve, Common peroneal nerve, Intervertebral disc syndrome of the left sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2023
- Citation
- 23038137
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What this means for you
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