The Board granted a 60 percent disability rating for right and left lower extremity sciatic nerve peripheral neuropathy, and a 30 percent disability rating for right and left lower extremity femoral nerve peripheral neuropathy, effective June 1, 2015.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's conditions were found to be manifested by severe incomplete paralysis with marked muscular atrophy, warranting the higher ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity sciatic nerve peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity sciatic nerve peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity femoral nerve peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity femoral nerve peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 18, 2025
- Citation
- A25053654
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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a rating of 50 percent for major depressive disorder with alcohol use disorder and cognitive impairment from May 1, 2017 to December 10, 2019; denied a rating in excess of 70 percent from December 11, 2019 to February 6, 2023. The Board granted ratings of 20 percent for right and left lower extremity sciatic nerve peripheral neuropathy from May 1, 2017 to February 6, 2023; denied a rating in excess of 20 percent on and after February 7, 2023. The Board granted an initial 10 percent rating for hypertension effective August 10, 2022.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and higher ratings for peripheral neuropathy in the upper and lower extremities.
- Granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grants of service connection for diabetes mellitus, Type II, diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic nephropathy, as well as awards of service connection for various peripheral neuropathies and amputations.
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