The Board granted service connection for left and right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy with an effective date of September 25, 2015, and assigned a 40% rating from September 25, 2015 to April 7, 2020.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately balanced as to whether the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy manifested prior to September 25, 2015, which is the date of his service connection claim for type II diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, supraventricular arrhythmia, left lower extremity venous stasis ulcers, right lower extremity venous stasis ulcers
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- May 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25047312
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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to a finding that an adequate VA medical opinion was not obtained.
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