The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right and left lower extremity CIDP due to insufficient examination regarding the relationship between the Veteran's current conditions and his in-service injury. The issues are also related to a secondary theory of service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's current CIDP is at least as likely as not caused by or aggravated by his claimed back injury during service.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, left lower extremity chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2024
- Citation
- A24049685
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to inadequate examinations and the need for a TERA examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's appeal for an earlier effective date for service connection of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in all extremities, as no new and material evidence was received within one year of the final denial in 2015.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left and right lower extremity chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy as the evidence did not establish a nexus to service, including exposure to herbicide agents.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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