The Board has decided to remand the case due to the need for additional development, including a VA examination and obtaining relevant medical records.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's GBS/CIDP is related to his active service based on his adverse reaction to an influenza shot during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Guillain Barre syndrome, Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2020
- Citation
- 20026639
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral upper and lower peripheral neuropathy, to include CIDP and carpal tunnel syndrome, as there was no probative evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for CIDP due to herbicide exposure, finding that there was no evidence of a relationship between his CIDP and his military service.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date of July 13, 2016, for a 10 percent rating for Bell's palsy and Guillain Barre syndrome is dismissed as the decision was final.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to their death, and no compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for Guillain Barre syndrome and myasthenia gravis was granted.
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