The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities and alopecia due to the negative etiology opinions provided by the July 2019 VA examiners, which were not adequate. The examiner is asked to consider the Veteran's statements regarding onset dates and reconcile her hair loss with the determination that it is related to postmenopausal condition and hypertension.
The deciding factor: The Board found the etiology opinions inadequate due to lack of consideration of the Veteran's statements about onset dates and failure to reconcile her hair loss with the determination that it is related to postmenopause and hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, alopecia
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2021
- Citation
- 21064695
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What this means for you
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