The veteran is granted a 30% rating for both left and right lower extremity femoral nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports severe, incomplete paralysis of the femoral nerve warranting a 30 percent rating.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity femoral nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity femoral nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25001002
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,506 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has restored service connection for Type II diabetes mellitus and granted service connection for various peripheral neuropathies and a heart disability, all related to the Veteran's exposure to contaminated C-123 aircraft during his military service.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for various diabetic peripheral neuropathies and nephropathy, but granted a 40% rating for right and left lower extremity sciatic nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathy. The effective date for the grant of service connection was also denied.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial 20 percent disability rating for each of the Veteran's right and left lower extremity sciatic and femoral nerve diabetic peripheral neuropathies.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected diabetes mellitus and diabetic peripheral neuropathy have been remanded for further evaluation as the current ratings are not sufficient to reflect the severity of his disabilities.
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