The Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for left upper extremity diabetic neuropathy prior to December 28, 2020, and a rating in excess of 20 percent from that date. The claim for an earlier effective date was remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show moderate or severe incomplete paralysis of the ulnar or radial nerves to warrant a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Left upper extremity diabetic neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25049288
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Decisions by this judge: 237 · Granted: 39% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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