The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for peripheral neuropathy, tremors, muscular conditions, and other neurological condition disabilities, as well as skin cancer and swallowing impairment, due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The claims are being reviewed again with a focus on whether these conditions are related to service.
The deciding factor: The Board has determined that the Veteran's service connection claims require additional development, including obtaining medical records from his reserve service period and scheduling VA examinations to determine if his current disabilities are related to service, particularly exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity, neurological condition, tremors, left upper extremity, tremors, right upper extremity, upper muscular condition, lower muscular condition, systemic muscular condition, skin cancer, swallowing impairment
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20058915
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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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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
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