The Board has remanded the cases due to a duty to assist error, requiring a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's upper extremity peripheral neuropathy is related to service, including exposure to herbicides like Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: A VA examination is needed to assess whether the Veteran's peripheral neuropathy in his upper extremities is related to service, including exposure to herbicides such as Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity, Peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2023
- Citation
- A23027860
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for peripheral neuropathy in both upper extremities and the TDIU claim prior to July 12, 2011. The Veteran's disabilities alone did not render him unemployable at that time.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's service-connected peripheral neuropathy in all extremities is being remanded for further evaluation and potential rescheduling of VA examinations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy and remanded the claims regarding bilateral lower extremity polyneuropathy due to potential herbicide exposure.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for peripheral neuropathy in all four extremities due to a pre-decisional error regarding the diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy and its relation to service.
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