Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development, including obtaining relevant VA treatment records and a supplemental medical opinion to address the severity of the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy without considering medication effects.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to outstanding evidence and an inadequate prior examination that did not consider all symptomology associated with the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy associated with diabetes mellitus, type II, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy associated with diabetes mellitus, type II, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (sciatic nerve) associated with diabetes mellitus, type II, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (sciatic nerve) associated with diabetes mellitus, type II, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (femoral nerve) associated with diabetes mellitus, type II, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (femoral nerve) associated with diabetes mellitus, type II
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109695
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