The Board denied the Veteran's request for an earlier effective date for service connection for left and right lower extremity neuropathy, sciatic nerve, as the earliest date of entitlement was January 17, 2023.
The deciding factor: The earliest date of entitlement arose on January 17, 2023, which is when the Veteran was diagnosed with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity neuropathy, sciatic nerve, right lower extremity neuropathy, sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25100478
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,185 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the grant of service connection for various neuropathy conditions and dismissed an appeal for a higher disability rating for GERD.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 40 percent for left and right lower extremity neuropathy, sciatic nerve.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for the Veteran's left lower extremity neuropathy, femoral and sciatic nerves, but denied an increased rating for his lumbosacral strain.
- Denied
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