The veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of his claimed systemic body condition.
The deciding factor: The claim requires further investigation due to recent developments in the case, such as new evidence from SSA and the need for a medical opinion regarding the veteran's symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- nerve damage of the bilateral arms and hands, bilateral legs and feet, bilateral scapula area, neck and back, muscle deterioration of the bilateral arms and hands and bilateral arms and feet, to include swelling and tingling, loss of grip strength, physical and mental weakness and fatigue, to include lack of concentration and memory loss, weight loss
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2008
- Citation
- 0843667
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death. The issues of rating for gastroparesis and service connection for acid erosion of teeth are not addressed as they were pending at the time of the Veteran's death.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a disorder manifested by weight loss and remanded the claim for service connection for hypertension, citing an inadequate VA opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's hypertension.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 20 percent for the Veteran's residuals of a Whipple procedure and partial removal of the pancreas prior to March 11, 2008 due to lack of evidence supporting a higher rating.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's emergency room visit at GMC on September 23-24, 2014 was for a condition of such severity that it would have been hazardous to health if delayed. The Board also found that VA facilities were not feasibly available and remanded the case regarding payment or reimbursement for medical services provided by GMC on October 2, 2016.
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