The Board has determined that additional evidentiary development is necessary to determine if the Veteran was exposed to herbicides during his service and whether he developed CISP as a result of such exposure. The case will be remanded for further action.
The deciding factor: Further efforts are needed to verify the Veteran's claimed herbicide exposures, including at Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic immune sensory polyradiculopathy (CISP), peripheral neuropathy of lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2018
- Citation
- 18155090
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's initial claim for CMT was denied in 1975. The Board granted service connection and a separate rating for peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities due to CMT, but denied earlier effective dates for TDIU and SMC based on housebound criteria.
- Granted
The Veteran's heart disorder is presumed to be due to herbicide exposure in Vietnam, and he was granted a 100% rating for this condition. The right knee disability claim was denied as there was no evidence of an injury during service or a nexus to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded three claims: hypertension, peripheral neuropathy of upper extremities, and peripheral neuropathy of lower extremities. The Veteran's hypertension may be related to his service-connected PTSD, and the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy may be related to in-service herbicide exposure.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further action on several issues, including service connection and rating determinations.,An effective date prior to April 20, 2011, for the award of service connection for hypertension has been denied.
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