The Board granted an effective date of December 14, 2021, for service connection for left and right sciatic and femoral diabetic neuropathies.
The deciding factor: An effective date of December 14, 2021, was warranted as it was the first complete claim filed within one year following the Veteran's intent to file a claim on that date.
- Claimed conditions
- left femoral nerve diabetic neuropathy, right femoral nerve diabetic neuropathy, left sciatic nerve diabetic neuropathy, right sciatic nerve diabetic neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25010091
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,035 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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