The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased disability ratings for his service-connected neuropathy in both lower extremities, finding that the evidence supported a moderate level of incomplete paralysis and did not warrant higher ratings.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations found moderate symptoms consistent with moderate incomplete paralysis under DC 8520, which precluded a rating higher than 20 percent for each extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- Neuropathy, left lower extremity, Neuropathy, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25054650
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 772 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased PTSD rating and service connection for neuropathy in multiple extremities are remanded due to insufficient examination details, incomplete development of Social Security Administration records, and the need for a VA opinion regarding peripheral neuropathy etiology.
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