The appeal for service connection of left and right lower extremity sciatic neuropathy was denied because new and relevant evidence was not received.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the new evidence did not tend to prove or disprove a matter at issue in regard to his claims.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity sciatic neuropathy, right lower extremity sciatic neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25008182
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Decisions by this judge: 2,017 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection of right and left lower extremity sciatic neuropathy.
- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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