The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities as secondary to type 2 diabetes mellitus due to lack of a current diagnosis of diabetic neuropathy.
The deciding factor: The VA examination was inadequate in providing a rationale that harmonizes the lack of a formal diagnosis with the multiple mentions of diabetic neuropathy in the Veteran's record.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity (RLE) peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity (LLE) peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity (RUE) peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity (LUE) peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2024
- Citation
- 24008682
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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 Veteran's SMC(l) was granted based on his service-connected prostate cancer, metastatic cancer of the back, ribs, and pelvis, and metastatic cancer of the lymphatic system. The Board found that he has additional disabilities independently ratable at 50 percent or more, including RUE peripheral neuropathy, diabetes with erectile dysfunction, LLE peripheral neuropathy, sciatic nerve, RLE peripheral neuropathy, femoral nerve, left knee arthritis, right knee arthritis, and right clavicle fracture residuals. The Veteran is now entitled to SMC(m 1/2) based on these additional disabilities.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's migraines, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and peripheral neuropathy in both lower extremities are granted service connection effective October 5, 2016.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral lower and upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, finding no current diagnosis of these conditions in the record.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service connection claims for various conditions were denied. A rating of 100 percent was granted for schizophrenia, effective October 28, 2019.
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