The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including polyneuropathy and diabetes mellitus, due to a need for further development of evidence regarding the Veteran's exposure to hazardous environmental toxins.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to assess the likelihood and extent of the Veteran's exposures to various environmental toxins at Ft. McClellan.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity polyneuropathy, left lower extremity polyneuropathy, right upper extremity polyneuropathy, left upper extremity polyneuropathy, seizure disorder, type 2 diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2022
- Citation
- 22001402
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal for service connection for cervical spine arthritis, lumbar spine arthritis, traumatic brain injury (TBI), seizure disorder, and erectile dysfunction has been dismissed due to the Veteran's death.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeals for earlier effective dates related to various left and right hip, knee, shoulder, and other conditions as they were freestanding claims not continuously pursued from the initial rating decisions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for prostatitis, HIV, CHF, GERD, herpes, a pulmonary disability, headaches, and type 2 diabetes mellitus as the evidence did not support a finding of a current disability or a nexus to service or a service-connected disability.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for loss of bowel and bladder function but granted a 60% rating for right and left lower extremity sciatic peripheral neuropathy, and a 50% rating for right upper extremity polyneuropathy, effective from March 18, 2023.
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