The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral upper and lower peripheral neuropathy due to his exposure to herbicide agents in the Republic of Vietnam or due to his service-connected chloracne.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that there is no basis in medical fact to support a claim that the Veteran’s bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy is proximately due to or the result of his service-connected chloracne, but additional opinion is needed regarding whether it is related to herbicide agent exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19164855
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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
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).
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