The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's exposure at Fort McClellan and the nature of his claimed disabilities.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to conduct further examinations to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's claimed disabilities, including their relationship to environmental toxin exposure at Fort 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
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22060247
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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.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an earlier effective date of October 1, 2021, for service connection for migraine headaches and seizure disorder but denied the same for PTSD with TBI.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral macular hemorrhage, resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor. The claims for other disabilities were remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for type 2 diabetes mellitus to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- 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.
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