The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy due to exposure to an herbicide agent, as well as his claim for a higher rating for PTSD. The case is being returned to the AOJ for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address direct service connection or secondary service connection in her opinion regarding presumptive service connection based on herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- right-upper-extremity peripheral neuropathy, left-upper-extremity peripheral neuropathy, right-lower-extremity peripheral neuropathy, left-lower-extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2022
- Citation
- 22016123
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for peripheral neuropathy and facial numbness as secondary to service-connected hypothyroidism for additional medical opinions.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions alone did not render him unable to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation prior to July 9, 2015. His TDIU claim was denied as his disabilities were at 60% combined and did not meet the regulatory threshold for total disability rating.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right-lower-extremity and left-lower-extremity peripheral neuropathy, as well as ischemic heart disease, all of which were not found to be related to active service or the herbicide exposure.,Ischemic heart disease was also denied due to lack of a current diagnosis.
- Granted
The Board of Veterans' Appeals has granted service connection for PTSD and Mood Disorders, both presumed conditions under the PACT Act.
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