The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral lower extremity numbness due to a lack of nexus opinion and need for clarification on her diagnosis.
The deciding factor: The examination did not provide an opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran’s bilateral lower extremity numbness, intermittent pain, and paresthesias/dysesthesias.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity numbness, left lower extremity numbness
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19196446
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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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