Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of increased evaluations for the Veteran's service-connected bilateral lower extremity sciatic and femoral peripheral neuropathy to obtain medical records constructively in VA's possession.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to ensure that VA has met its duty to assist by obtaining relevant medical records from outside providers that have been scanned into the VistA Imaging system.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity (RLE) sciatic peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity (LLE) sciatic peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity (RLE) femoral peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity (LLE) femoral peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2025
- Citation
- 25013791
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