Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the service connection of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuritis affecting the right and left upper and lower extremities, based on evidence that these conditions were present at the time of the Veteran's initial claim in 2013.
The deciding factor: The March 2018 Statement of the Case was not properly mailed to the Veteran, thus his May 2020 supplemental claim constituted a timely Substantive Appeal. The evidence established that he suffered from CIDP at the time he filed his initial claim in 2013.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuritis, right lower extremity neuritis and foot drop, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuritis, left upper extremity neuritis, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuritis, right upper extremity neuritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25105099
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