The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date for peripheral neuropathy evaluations and DEA eligibility, as well as a TDIU claim, to obtain additional SSA records.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to acquire relevant SSA records that may impact the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity femoral peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity femoral peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity sciatic peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity sciatic peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2025
- Citation
- A25058078
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 833 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation A25058078.
What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's Special Monthly Compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular Aid and Attendance is granted as of April 25, 2024.,For diabetes mellitus, a rating in excess of 20 percent is denied.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not render him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for left and right lower extremity sciatic peripheral neuropathy, as well as increased disability ratings for diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities. The Veteran's conditions are rated at 10 percent each.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's effective dates for the awards of a 40 percent rating for bilateral lower extremity sciatic peripheral neuropathy and service connection for bilateral lower extremity femoral peripheral neuropathy have been granted as of June 26, 2023.
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