The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining additional evidence and a VA examination to determine the nature of the Veteran's psychiatric disorder and whether his peripheral neuropathy is related to service-connected diabetes or Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: The decision was not explicitly about service connection but required further investigation into the Veteran's claims due to incomplete information and need for additional examinations.
- Claimed conditions
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1026161
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of both upper and lower extremities due to a need for further clarity on the nature and etiology of the Veteran's conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected conditions of CAD, diabetes mellitus, and peripheral neuropathy prevent him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of both the upper and lower extremities, to include as secondary to diabetes, for additional VA examinations and opinions.
- Dismissed
The appeals for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, hypertension, PTSD, depression, anxiety, and raised prostate specific antigen (PSA) were dismissed due to untimely submissions.
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