The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for continued VA vocational rehabilitation benefits due to a lack of his complete VA vocational rehabilitation claims file. The Board also requests that any outstanding VA and private treatment records be obtained.
The deciding factor: The appeal is in remand status as the Board does not have the Veteran’s complete VA vocational rehabilitation claims file.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral neuropathy of right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19114909
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 3,319 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
This is a plain-language summary generated by AI from a public Board of Veterans’ Appeals decision. It can contain errors — always verify against the original. Read the original VA decision (opens in a new tab) using citation 19114909.
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: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran requires regular aid and attendance due to his service-connected disabilities, including Parkinson's disease, heart blockage, diabetes mellitus, urinary incontinence, peripheral neuropathy of both lower extremities, and tremors. As a result, SMC based on need for aid and attendance is granted.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Board dismissed all claims for service connection and denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, to include as due to herbicide exposure, and remanded the claims for peripheral neuropathy of both upper and lower extremities.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for kidney disease, allergic rhinitis (claimed as respiratory condition), peripheral neuropathy of right lower extremity, and peripheral neuropathy of left lower extremity all secondary to his kidney disease. The evidence does not support a causal relationship between these conditions and military service.
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