Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to a rating higher than 20 percent for peripheral neuropathy, left and right lower extremities, due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary to obtain private treatment records from Guthrie Clinic, Ltd., and VA treatment records from VACBOC Elmira and VAMC Bath, as well as to ensure compliance with the duty to assist under 38 U.S.C. § 5103A and 38 C.F.R. § 3.159(e)(2).
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095013
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