The Board remands the claims for service connection of diabetic peripheral neuropathy in both upper extremities as the VA examination is deemed inadequate.
The deciding factor: The VA examination's rationale does not adequately address the Veteran's reported symptoms, necessitating a new examination.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetic peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010542
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Decisions by this judge: 2,240 · Granted: 28% (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
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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