The Board granted an effective date of May 20, 2022 for the grant of a 30 percent disability rating for diabetic peripheral neuropathy in both lower extremities and granted TDIU from December 13, 2016 to April 6, 2023.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in approximate balance as to whether severe incomplete paralysis of the femoral nerve had occurred beginning on May 20, 2022, and moderate incomplete paralysis existed prior to that date.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetic peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity (femoral nerve), Diabetic peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity (femoral nerve)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- June 24, 2025
- Citation
- 25008362
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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