The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for higher evaluations of his service-connected lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy due to inadequate compliance with prior remand instructions and outstanding VA treatment records.
The deciding factor: The examination report did not consider the severity, frequency, and duration of any flare-ups as requested by the Board in a previous remand.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2025
- Citation
- 25001050
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Decisions by this judge: 1,081 · Granted: 38% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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 is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) for aid and attendance from May 14, 2025 due to service-connected disabilities that rendered him in regular need of aid and assistance.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a TDIU and an effective date of October 22, 2023, for the award of a 20 percent evaluation for right and left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted restoration of a 30 percent rating for right upper extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy, effective from July 6, 2020, and remanded the other claims for further development.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for higher evaluations of several conditions related to diabetes and peripheral neuropathy, as well as a claim for total disability based on individual unemployability. The Board also ordered additional actions to obtain missing medical records and schedule new examinations.
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