Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal for earlier effective dates of service connection for various peripheral neuropathies due to a prohibited concurrent election.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's appeal was dismissed because it constituted a prohibited concurrent election with his previously filed Higher-Level Review (HLR) Request.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, sciatic nerve, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, sciatic nerve, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, femoral nerve, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, femoral nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106665
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