The Board granted an effective date of December 19, 2016, for the award of a separate rating for right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy impacting the anterior crural nerves but denied earlier effective dates for the sciatic nerve conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence established that the Veteran experienced bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy from at least December 19, 2016, but there was no legal basis to assign an earlier date due to the secondary nature of the condition to diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy impacting the sciatic nerve (previously internal popliteal), left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy impacting the sciatic nerve (previously internal popliteal), right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy impacting the anterior crural nerve, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy impacting the anterior crural nerve
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- July 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25057362
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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