The Board remands the claims for increased ratings and special monthly compensation due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding the effects of medication on the severity of peripheral neuropathy.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error related to the ameliorating effects of medication on the severity of the appellant's peripheral neuropathy disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Right upper extremity (RUE) peripheral neuropathy, Left upper extremity (LUE) peripheral neuropathy, Right lower extremity (RLE) peripheral neuropathy of the femoral nerve, Left lower extremity (LLE) peripheral neuropathy of the femoral nerve, Right lower extremity (RLE) peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve, Left lower extremity (LLE) peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25101196
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Decisions by this judge: 785 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a duty to assist error, specifically regarding the lack of development related to Agent Orange exposure and solvent/asbestos exposure.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including an acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as PTSD, anxiety, and depression), hypertension, erectile dysfunction, peripheral neuropathies of the upper and lower extremities. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions began during or were otherwise related to service.
- Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection and ratings for various conditions, except for erectile dysfunction which was granted an effective date of June 21, 2016.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an initial 30 percent rating for right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, a 20 percent rating for left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, and a 10 percent rating for hypertension. The claim for an initial compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss was denied.
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