The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities due to Agent Orange exposure and secondary to a pre-existing condition, as well as his claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for pleural plaques. Additional VA examinations are needed to determine the nature and etiology of these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that additional medical examination is necessary to properly assess the Veteran's claims due to conflicting diagnoses and lack of recent evaluations.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) of the left lower extremity (LLE), Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) of the right lower extremity (RLE)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19144838
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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.
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