The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's neurological disorders, specifically Parkinson’s disease and peripheral neuropathy. Additional development is needed to determine if these conditions are related to service.
The deciding factor: Insufficient medical opinions were provided regarding the nature and etiology of the Veteran's neurological disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- neurological disorder of the right lower extremity, neurological disorder to the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20004000
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 veteran is granted a 10 percent rating for tension headaches from April 13, 2022 to May 26, 2022. The claim for a higher rating and other service connection issues are remanded or denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a neurological disorder of the right lower extremity, including peripheral neuropathy due to diabetes and/or herbicide exposure. The evidence did not show a current disability.
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