The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for additional development and examination, including an addendum opinion regarding the Veteran's service connection claim based on Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner needs to provide a more detailed opinion considering the Veteran's in-service symptoms and herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral peripheral neuropathy of lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19184993
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 Board has granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and tinnitus, finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses are related to his active duty service. The claims for lumbosacral strain, bilateral foot disability, bilateral peripheral neuropathy of upper extremities, and bilateral peripheral neuropathy of lower extremities have been denied as there is no evidence of a direct relationship between these conditions and service.
- 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's left eye condition is related to service, as it found that the condition did not preexist service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, related to in-service exposures at Camp Lejeune.
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