Dismissed
The appeal for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) is dismissed, and the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no case or controversy currently before it regarding the TDIU claim as the issue of entitlement and effective date was decided in a previous Board decision, making the appeal moot.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus, Peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25021825
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