The Board dismissed claims for earlier effective dates for certain ratings but remanded others for further evaluation.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the absence of new and relevant evidence for some claims and the need for additional medical examinations for others.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left femoral nerve peripheral neuropathy, right femoral nerve peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25002396
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 291 · Granted: 26% (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
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has identified a pre-decisional duty to assist error and is remanding the claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to the Veteran's claim being raised prior to December 2024, despite not being adjudicated in that decision.
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