The Board has remanded the case for further medical evaluation and opinion regarding the veteran's upper extremity disability, which is currently service-connected as secondary to a service-connected laminectomy. The appeal will be reconsidered after the additional testing results are available.
The deciding factor: Further medical examination and opinion are needed to determine if the veteran has CIDP or if his upper extremity disability is an extension of arachnoiditis in the lower spine.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), weakness of both upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2005
- Citation
- 0531387
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's CIDP is granted as service connected due to presumed exposure in the Gulf War theater of operations.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a neurological disability, to include peripheral neuropathy and/or chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), due to in-service Agent Orange exposure.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), and the Board dismissed the appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) based on the evidence in favor of the Veteran's claim.
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