The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right lower extremity nerve disabilities, finding that there is no current disability and insufficient evidence to establish a link between the claimed conditions and active service.
The deciding factor: There was no current diagnosis of a lower extremity nerve condition in the record, and the Board found that the Veteran's claims were not supported by competent medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity nerve disability, right lower extremity nerve disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2024
- Citation
- A24084772
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What this means for you
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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).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left lower extremity nerve disability, right lower extremity nerve disability, and lumbar spine disability due to insufficient evidence in the record.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service connection claims for hypertension, left lower extremity nerve disability, cervical spine disability, and right hip disability are being remanded due to pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors and the need to consider potential toxic exposure at Camp Lejeune.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral lower extremity nerve disabilities and upper extremity nerve disabilities, as well as depressive disorder, all presumed to be due to herbicide exposure in Vietnam. The Veteran's current diagnoses are supported by medical evidence and the presumption of service connection.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right lower extremity nerve disability as secondary to a service-connected lumbar spine condition due to lack of evidence linking the current condition to service.
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