Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an initial rating in excess of 20 percent and earlier effective dates for service connection, TDIU, DEA eligibility, and SMC due to housebound status.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain medical opinions on the date of onset of bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy associated with diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity neuropathy, right lower extremity neuropathy, left upper extremity (non-dominant) neuropathy, right upper extremity (dominant) neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25015618
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