The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for bilateral lower and upper extremity peripheral neuropathy due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
The deciding factor: The examiner failed to consider the Veteran's lay testimony regarding early-onset symptoms after returning from Vietnam, which is considered a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremities peripheral neuropathy, bilateral upper extremities peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2021
- Citation
- A21019025
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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