Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date, special monthly compensation, and TDIU due to incomplete medical evidence regarding the severity of peripheral neuropathy without considering medication effects.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain a VA retroactive addendum opinion that discounts any ameliorative effects of pain medication on the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity, Peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2025
- Citation
- A25016465
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