The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to conflicting evidence regarding his claimed exposures and need for further verification. The claims are also inextricably intertwined as a secondary claim for mental disorder is dependent on the outcome of the primary claim.
The deciding factor: The claims are remanded due to conflicting evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed exposures, necessitating further verification by JSRRC or other appropriate entities.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral upper extremity neurological disorder, mental disorder (depression and anxiety)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 14, 2020
- Citation
- 20033686
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a lack of an adequate medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's diagnosed upper extremity neurological disorder is related to his presumed herbicide exposure.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to outstanding medical records and VA examinations that were not previously considered.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for various medical conditions, including sleep disorder (including obstructive sleep apnea), hypertension, neurological disorders, and a psychiatric disorder due to insufficient evidence on their etiology.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not meet the criteria for service connection for any of the conditions listed in his claims, and therefore denied all of them.
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