The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for RLE and LLE peripheral neuropathy to include as secondary to service-connected right hammertoe disability due to inadequate examination findings.
The deciding factor: The June 2020 VA examination provided an incomplete opinion regarding secondary aggravation and causation, which is insufficient for a determination of the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity (RLE) peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity (LLE) peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2020
- Citation
- 20081844
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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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