The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral upper and lower peripheral neuropathy, but has remanded the case for further development.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last final rating decision raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of service connection for bilateral upper and lower peripheral neuropathy due to Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral upper and lower peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19167322
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,242 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral upper and lower peripheral neuropathy but denied service connection for a dental disability, vision impairment, and a right-hand disability.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and scheduling a new VA examination by a neurologist. The Veteran's service connection claim for bilateral upper and lower peripheral neuropathy, to include CIDP and carpal tunnel syndrome, is being reviewed.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and a new examination to address the Veteran's claims of service connection for bilateral upper and lower peripheral neuropathy, including CIDP and carpal tunnel syndrome.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's diagnosed bilateral upper and lower peripheral neuropathy, including CIDP and carpal tunnel syndrome, did not start during or immediately after his military service. The evidence does not support a finding of in-service incurrence or aggravation.
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