The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of both feet due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents during service. The case will be reviewed again with a new medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not meet the criteria for presumptive service connection, but VA must still address whether service connection is warranted on a direct basis.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the right foot, Peripheral neuropathy of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19186380
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 granted an effective date of December 7, 2021, for the award of TDIU and DEA benefits.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, MGUS, asymptomatic multiple myeloma, smoldering multiple myeloma, and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral hands, forearms, lower legs, and feet based on toxic exposure risk activities during active service.
- Denied
The Board denied the claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of both feet and dismissed the TDIU claim as moot due to a previous grant.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the right hand and left foot, finding a relationship to chemotherapy received for Non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
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