The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for upper extremity peripheral neuropathy due to exposure to herbicide agents, as well as his claim of entitlement to an increased rating for bilateral hearing loss. The Veteran is also referred to submit a claim for total disability based on individual unemployability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was insufficient evidence regarding the etiology and aggravation of the Veteran's upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, as well as his bilateral hearing loss.
- Claimed conditions
- upper left extremity peripheral neuropathy, upper right extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2018
- Citation
- 18161139
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found the VA examination inadequate for adjudication purposes and requires a new one to determine if the Veteran's bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy conditions are etiologically related to his active military service, including as due to Agent Orange exposure.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for upper left, lower left, upper right, and lower right extremity peripheral neuropathy due to active duty service. The evidence is in equipoise as to whether these conditions are related to Agent Orange exposure during service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for upper right and left extremity peripheral neuropathy due to a lack of opinion regarding whether these conditions are related to diabetes mellitus or ischemic heart disease.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for lower right, left, upper right, and upper left extremity peripheral neuropathy as secondary to diabetes mellitus.
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