The Board has dismissed the appeals for earlier effective dates and initial ratings for peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerves and TDIU due to service-connected disabilities as they are still pending in the legacy system.
The deciding factor: The appeal is considered moot because it does not constitute an initial decision to which the AMA applies, given that the legacy appeal was pending at the time of the April 2022 higher level review decision.
- Claimed conditions
- left sciatic nerve peripheral neuropathy, right sciatic nerve peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- December 2, 2024
- Citation
- A24079303
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's diabetes mellitus, type II, with hypertension and erectile dysfunction, migraine headaches, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left sciatic nerve peripheral neuropathy, and right sciatic nerve peripheral neuropathy were granted ratings of 40%, 50%, 30%, 40%, 20%, and 20% respectively from November 22, 2017. The Veteran was also granted individual unemployability from the same date.
- Partly granted
The veteran's service connection for several nerve conditions was granted with an effective date of June 15, 2022. Service connection for hypertension was granted with an effective date of October 25, 2023. Service connection for colon polyps and diverticulitis with polyposis, gastric ulcer and hypertrophic gastritis, gastroesophageal reflux disease with hernia hiatal, stricture of esophagus, and spasm of esophagus, and pharyngeal dysphagia was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for higher ratings for diabetes mellitus type II, left and right femoral nerve peripheral neuropathy, and right sciatic nerve peripheral neuropathy are being remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations.,The Veteran's claim for TDIU is also being remanded as it is intertwined with the issues of increased rating.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection due to insufficient evidence or need for further examination.
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