The Board granted the claims to reopen service connection for bilateral lower and upper extremity neuropathy but denied service connection on the merits.
The deciding factor: The evidence was new and relevant, allowing the reopening of the claims. However, there is no direct or secondary evidence linking the current conditions to the Veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral lower extremity neuropathy, Bilateral upper extremity neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010738
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,319 · Granted: 25% (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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- Remanded (sent back)
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