The Board has decided that the Veteran's service connection claims for peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities due to herbicide exposure should be remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The evidence is insufficient for the Board to decide the matter at hand, as an examination is required to determine if the Veteran has peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities, and if so, whether it could have initially manifested within one year of service.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of the upper right extremity, Peripheral neuropathy of the upper left extremity, Peripheral neuropathy of the lower right extremity, Peripheral neuropathy of the lower left extremity
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19191614
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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 diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy of the lower right and left extremities, and hypertension. Service connection was denied for ischemic heart disease, and two issues were remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right extremities due to a lack of evidence linking these conditions to in-service exposure to herbicide agents or any other service-connected condition.
- 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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