The Board has remanded the claims for an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for right upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy affecting the median nerve, left upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy affecting the median, radial, and ulnar nerves, right lower extremity sciatic nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity femoral nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity sciatic nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and left lower extremity femoral nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy due to insufficient evidence in the record.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was a material worsening of the Veteran's service-connected diabetic peripheral neuropathy since the June 2018 VA examinations and directed further examination to determine current severity. The additional relevant VA treatment records obtained after issuance of a July 2022 supplemental statement of the case must be reviewed by the AOJ in the first instance.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy affecting the median nerve, left upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy affecting the median, radial, and ulnar nerves, right lower extremity sciatic nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity femoral nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity sciatic nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity femoral nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2024
- Citation
- 24004551
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Decisions by this judge: 2,188 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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 has restored service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus and granted service connection for various peripheral neuropathies and a heart disability, all related to the Veteran's exposure to contaminated C-123 aircraft during his military service.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for various diabetic peripheral neuropathies and nephropathy, but granted a 40% rating for right and left lower extremity sciatic nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy. The effective date for the grant of service connection was also denied.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial evaluation of 40 percent for left and right lower extremity sciatic nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy, finding the Veteran's symptoms more closely approximated moderately severe incomplete paralysis.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 20 percent disability rating for each of the Veteran's right and left lower extremity sciatic and femoral nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathies.
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