Peripheral neuropathy — all decisions

The Veteran's service-connected conditions of CAD, diabetes mellitus, and peripheral neuropathy prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.

The Board denied an earlier effective date for PTSD and major depressive disorder, denied service connection for colon polyps, type II diabetes, sinusitis, and chronic bronchitis, and granted service connection for allergic rhinitis, sleep apnea, and erectile dysfunction. Five neuropathy conditions were remanded for further development.

The Board granted service connection for Non Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy with macular edema secondary to diabetes mellitus and denied the claims for a right shoulder condition, right upper extremity neuropathy, and skin cancer.

The Veteran is granted special monthly compensation (SMC) based on the need for regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in all extremities, as no new and material evidence was received within one year of the final denial in 2015.

The Board granted service connection for multiple conditions, including ischemic heart disease with coronary artery disease, Type II diabetes mellitus, and Parkinson's disease, effective from October 20, 2017.

The Board granted service connection for a cervical spine disability and right upper extremity radiculopathy, but remanded the claim for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) due to insufficient evidence.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of both upper and lower extremities, finding no evidence that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.

The Board granted service connection for left and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, finding that the conditions are secondary to the Veteran's service-connected hypothyroidism.

The Board granted service connection for several disabilities, including left thumb, left wrist, right hip, back, and sciatic nerve conditions, but denied service connection for diabetes mellitus.

The Board denied service connection for a vision disability, to include hyperopia and presbyopia, and remanded several other claims including those for kidney, hypertension, sleep apnea, diabetes mellitus, lower extremity neuropathy, hip, knee, heart, neck, upper extremity radiculopathy, and TDIU.

The Board granted service connection for steatohepatitis and gastrointestinal impairment, to include chronic diarrhea and GERD. The claims for a chronic cough, right upper extremity neuropathy, left upper extremity neuropathy, facial scar, back disability, left hip disability, bilateral hand osteoarthritis, hemorrhoids, erectile dysfunction, and hypertension were denied.

The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy conditions, except for a 40% rating from September 18, 2023, for right and left lower extremity sciatic nerve peripheral neuropathy.

The appeal was withdrawn by the Veteran, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review it.

The Board denied service connection for hypertension and remanded the claims for benign prostatic hyperplasia, left lower extremity neuropathy, right lower extremity neuropathy, and obstructive sleep apnea.

The Board granted an initial 20 percent rating for peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity but denied a higher rating and any rating in excess of 10 percent for peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity.

The Veteran's requests for extensions of time to file appeals from rating decisions that denied service connection were denied, and the attempted appeals are dismissed.

The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection and increased ratings due to the Veteran's withdrawal of certain claims, and denied other claims based on a lack of evidence supporting current diagnoses or sufficient symptoms.

The Board remands the issues of entitlement to earlier effective dates for the awards of service connection for a left muscle group V status post gunshot wound condition and residual radial and median nerve neuropathy, s/p gunshot wound, left upper extremity.

The Veteran's service-connected PTSD was granted a 100 percent rating from February 14, 2023, and increased ratings were granted for his diabetic peripheral neuropathy in the lower extremities.