The Veteran's service connection claims for bilateral tinea pedis, left hand peripheral neuropathy, and right hand peripheral neuropathy are remanded due to the need for additional medical examinations.
The deciding factor: The Board found that further examination is needed to determine the nature and cause of any diagnosed disabilities related to the Veteran's hands and whether they are directly caused by or aggravated by his service-connected lumbar spine condition.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral tinea pedis, left hand peripheral neuropathy, right hand peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19167381
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher evaluations or service connection.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for service connection for left foot, right hand, right foot, and left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy as untimely.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left hand peripheral neuropathy, right hand peripheral neuropathy, and fibromyalgia as not causally or etiologically related to any disease, injury, or incident during service. The initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for left knee strain was also denied.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for left and right hand peripheral neuropathy was withdrawn by the Veteran, resulting in the dismissal of the appeal.
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