The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy in the upper and lower extremities to obtain additional evidence regarding herbicide exposure and a medical opinion on the etiology of DM.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to verify the Veteran's claimed exposure to herbicides and to obtain an updated medical opinion on the etiology of diabetes mellitus.
- Claimed conditions
- Diabetes mellitus (DM), Right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy (RUE PN), Left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy (LUE PN), Right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (RLE PN), Left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (LLE PN)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2024
- Citation
- 24003446
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 service connection for various disabilities, including bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, heart disability, diabetes mellitus, and neuropathy, to obtain additional evidence and a new medical opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a heart disability, claimed as CAD and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (LLE PN) under the PACT Act. However, it remanded the claims for right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy (RLE PN), left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy (LUE PN), and right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy (RUE PN) due to pre-decisional error.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating for right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy and an earlier effective date of June 1, 2021, for the grant of service connection for RLE PN.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, finding that the evidence did not support higher ratings or service connection for any of the claimed conditions.
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