The Board granted an effective date of June 13, 2014, for the award of service connection for bilateral upper and lower extremity idiopathic peripheral neuropathy.
The deciding factor: The appropriate effective date was determined based on the earliest formal or informal communication indicating an intent to apply for benefits related to these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity idiopathic peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity idiopathic peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity idiopathic peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity idiopathic peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25021498
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 913 · Granted: 41% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Look up the original decision on VA.gov (opens in a new tab) using citation A25021498.
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's bilateral lower extremity neuropathy is being remanded due to the need for additional evidence and a medical opinion regarding its etiology. The claims are related to Agent Orange exposure during service in Vietnam.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for quadriparesis due to idiopathic peripheral neuropathy in all four extremities. The issues are related to his service-connected sick sinus syndrome and superior vena cava syndrome, but there is conflicting medical evidence regarding the cause of the quadriparesis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral upper and lower extremity idiopathic peripheral neuropathy, as these conditions are presumed to be associated with herbicide exposure. The VA will obtain additional medical opinions to determine if there is a link between the Veteran's current diagnoses and his active service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
Free starter guide for your own claim
Reading this because you were denied or under-rated? Get the plain-English next steps — your appeal options, the deadline that protects you, and how appeals like yours turn out. One email, no spam.
We will only use this to send the guide. No spam, unsubscribe any time. We never sell your information.
We are not the VA. Veterans’ Rights is an independent resource built for veterans. We are not the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, not part of the government, and not endorsed by any government agency.
This is general information, not legal advice. For advice about your own situation, talk to a VA-accredited representative — many help for free.