The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral lower extremity neuropathy are being remanded due to the need for a VA examination to determine if his condition is related to military service, specifically exposure to Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that a VA examination is needed to assess whether the Veteran's bilateral lower extremity neuropathy is related to his military service, particularly his exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- neuropathy, right lower extremity, neuropathy, left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2024
- Citation
- A24048791
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for obstructive sleep apnea as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected PTSD. The claims of service connection for neuropathy, left and right lower extremities are remanded.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including herniation and bulging disk L4 through S1, knee pain with osteoarthritis, an acquired psychiatric disorder, cubital tunnel syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, and neuropathy. However, the Board granted a 30 percent evaluation for chronic headaches.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for neuropathy in both the right and left lower extremities, based on in-service herbicide agent exposure during the Vietnam War.
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