The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, related to in-service herbicide exposure, needs further examination and opinion. The case is being remanded.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner was unable to provide an opinion on whether the Veteran’s peripheral neuropathy is related to his service or any incident therein, including his conceded in-service exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19167045
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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.
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- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, but granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from July 1, 2011.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities is aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus type II, and thus grants service connection for this condition. The Veteran does not have an immune deficiency syndrome or fibromyalgia as claimed.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected type 2 diabetes mellitus caused peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, which is granted for accrued benefits purposes. The Veteran also had residuals of a left cerebrovascular accident that resulted in ataxia and vertigo attacks more than once per week, leading to a 100% disability rating for accrued benefits.
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