The Board has granted the veteran's request to reopen her claim for service connection for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and found that new and material evidence has been submitted. The case is now remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 11, 2008
- Citation
- 0830839
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What this means for you
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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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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