The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient verification of herbicide exposure. The Veteran must provide a more specific time frame and location for his claimed exposure.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was insufficient to request verification from U.S. Army and Joint Services Records Research Center (JSRRC) due to lack of a specified 60-day window of exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type 2, peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity, peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20077507
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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.
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