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 assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19167322
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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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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