The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral upper extremity neuropathy.
The deciding factor: An addendum VA opinion is needed to address the etiology of the Veteran's bilateral upper extremity neuropathy, including its relation to service and any aggravation by a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- neuropathy of right upper extremity, neuropathy of left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2022
- Citation
- 22000821
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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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