The Board has remanded the case for obtaining relevant VA treatment records and an opinion regarding whether the veteran's condition is related to herbicide exposure during service.
The deciding factor: The claim requires additional evidence, specifically medical records and a professional opinion on the relationship between the veteran's condition and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0632266
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Decisions by this judge: 2,020 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection of diabetes mellitus type II, heart disease, and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy as the Veteran did not respond to a clarification request.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for a supplemental medical opinion regarding his claimed chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, as there are inconsistencies and gaps in the evidence that need clarification.
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