The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development to determine the extent of nerve impairment throughout the appeal period.
The deciding factor: The Board found that a retrospective medical opinion or new VA examination was needed to fully delineate all signs and symptoms of the Veteran's disability and the extent of all nerve impairment throughout the appeal period.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity idiopathic neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2022
- Citation
- 22036944
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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 Veteran's right lower extremity idiopathic neuropathy is being remanded for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and providing a supplemental medical opinion to determine if other nerves are part of the service-connected condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for increased ratings for right lower extremity idiopathic neuropathy is remanded due to the need for additional VA and private treatment records, as well as a new VA examination.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including an unspecified depressive disorder, right and left lower extremity idiopathic neuropathy, bilateral hearing loss, and tinnitus, have rendered him unable to secure or follow substantially gainful employment. The Board has granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU).
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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