The Board granted an earlier effective date of April 28, 2021, for the award of service connection for bilateral upper and lower extremity diabetic neuropathies.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms of diabetic neuropathy began in 2020, providing a reasonable basis to grant the earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, right lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, left upper extremity diabetic neuropathy, right upper extremity diabetic neuropathy, lumbosacral strain, right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, left knee patellofemoral pain syndrome, status post open reduction internal fixation for a left metatarsal fracture, unspecified anxiety disorder, diabetes mellitus, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), eczema
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25023524
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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