The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, as secondary to diabetes mellitus, type II due to inadequate VA examination.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion was insufficient to determine whether the Veteran’s peripheral neuropathy is caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19192323
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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
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