The Board granted an effective date of August 10, 2022, for the awards of service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to the PACT Act's liberalizing provisions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran is entitled to a retroactive effective date under 38 C.F.R. § 3.114 because he served in Guam during the relevant period and submitted his claim within one year of the PACT Act's enactment.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity associated with diabetes mellitus type II, peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity associated with diabetes mellitus type II
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25020260
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