The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left upper extremity and bilateral lower extremity polyneuropathy, as these conditions are related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus, type II. The case is being returned to the RO for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners did not provide adequate opinions regarding whether the Veteran's neuropathies were aggravated by his service-connected diabetes mellitus or due to herbicide exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity (LUE) polyneuropathy, bilateral lower extremity (BLE) peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2023
- Citation
- 23040251
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for diabetes was dismissed as the benefit has been previously granted.,Service connection for BLE peripheral neuropathy secondary to service-connected diabetes on a causation basis is now granted.
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer, diabetes mellitus II, BUE and BLE peripheral neuropathy, skin cancer, xerosis of forearms, demodex folliculitis, and actinic keratosis due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to the Veteran's active duty service or herbicide exposure.
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