Covers the Peripheral Nerves Conditions DBQ. One rule decides most of these claims: where the impairment is wholly sensory, the rating is capped — so the hands-on testing is what lifts a claim past 20%.
VA revises Disability Benefits Questionnaires periodically, and an examiner who completes a superseded version can have the exam sent back. VA no longer prints form numbers on DBQs — it lists them by title — so the way to check is the small line in the bottom-right corner of every page.
The current Peripheral Nerves DBQ, as of September 2026, reads Updated on: 2026-06-01 (v26_1) and runs 14 pages. If the copy your provider is using shows an older date, download a fresh one: VA's official copy.
Don't rely on a date cutoff alone — some DBQs are revised rarely and legitimately carry older dates. Compare against what VA publishes today rather than against a particular year. Form numbers are not printed on current DBQs at all, so don't go looking for one.