The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, to include as due to an undiagnosed illness is remanded. The decision requires a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's current neuropathy is related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that an examination and opinion are necessary to decide this claim due to lack of medical evidence linking the Veteran's current condition to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19163262
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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.
- Partly granted
The appeal was denied for service connection of a right ear hearing loss disability, and several other claims were remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, finding that it is not related to active service and was not caused or aggravated by a service-connected disability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a bilateral hip disorder, right knee disorder, tremors of the bilateral upper extremities, neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, and chronic joint pain as they were not shown in service or for many years thereafter and are not otherwise etiologically related to active duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection of various disabilities, including left knee, right shoulder, spine, cervical myelopathy, and neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities, as secondary to the service-connected right knee disability. The claims are being returned for further development.
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