The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine if the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy, including as due to Agent Orange exposure, was incurred in service and should be assigned a rating.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner needs to provide an opinion on whether the Veteran’s early-onset peripheral neuropathy is at least as likely as not (50 percent or greater probability) caused by his in-service herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral peripheral neuropathy of lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19184993
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's diabetes mellitus and related peripheral neuropathy are granted as presumptively caused by his service in the Republic of Vietnam, where he was exposed to herbicide agents.
- Granted
The Veteran's bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus are granted service connection as they are related to his active duty service. The lumbosacral strain, bilateral foot disability, bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, and bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities are denied as there is no evidence of a direct relationship between these conditions and his military service.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection for bilateral focal median nerve entrapment neuropathy early stage carpal tunnel syndrome and bilateral peripheral neuropathy of lower extremities, both secondary to Agent Orange exposure.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for a VA neurologist to provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities is related to in-service head injury or herbicide exposure.
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