The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for lower and upper bilateral peripheral neuropathy, as well as his claim for individual unemployability. The November 2025 Notice of Disagreement was invalid due to lack of a decision on which to appeal.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no underlying decision in the October 2, 2025 notification letter and thus the November 2025 Notice of Disagreement was not valid.
- Claimed conditions
- lower bilateral peripheral neuropathy, upper bilateral peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2026
- Citation
- A26023099
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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