The Board granted an earlier effective date of May 25, 2017, for the award of service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and denied initial ratings in excess of 10 percent for both conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed that it was factually ascertainable that the Veteran's right and left lower extremity radiculopathy were residuals of his colon cancer at the time he initially filed his claim for service connection for the colon cancer disability, thus warranting an earlier effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, femoral, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, femoral
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 23, 2025
- Citation
- A25110380
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 828 · Granted: 42% (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
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