Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the veteran's claims for higher evaluations of several conditions related to diabetes and peripheral neuropathy, as well as a claim for total disability based on individual unemployability. The Board also ordered additional actions to obtain missing medical records and schedule new examinations.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the VA failed to obtain all relevant medical records and conduct adequate examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II, right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the femoral nerve, right lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve, left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the femoral nerve, left lower extremity diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25000243
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