The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to issues related to herbicide agent exposure. The Veteran's respiratory disorder, peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, and neurocognitive disorder (dementia) are all being reviewed in light of potential secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The claims involve potential secondary service connection based on herbicide agent exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- respiratory disorder (including COPD), peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, neurocognitive disorder (dementia)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20003333
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 hypertension, coronary artery disease, asthma, transient ischemic attack, neurocognitive disorder (dementia), and acquired psychiatric disorder (other specified depressive disorder) but denied service connection for renal toxicity. Several issues were remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to in-service toxic exposure.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes mellitus, type II and its secondary conditions of peripheral neuropathy in the upper and lower extremities as well as left lumbosacral radiculoplexus neuropathy based on the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, finding that the evidence did not support a link between the condition and his active service.
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