The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for left and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to a lack of sufficient medical opinion regarding their etiology.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address all relevant evidence, including reports of atrophy in service records and treatment notes, which could affect the determination of the nature and etiology of the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21014437
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
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- Granted
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal regarding the service connection for left and right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy before a decision was made.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, right lower extremity and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy as secondary to the Veteran's diabetes mellitus type II. The decision is based on presumptive exposure to herbicide agents in Thailand during the Vietnam Era.
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