The Board remands the claims for peripheral neuropathy and facial numbness as secondary to service-connected hypothyroidism for additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: The previous opinions were found inadequate due to lack of discussion of relevant evidence, including lay statements and medical literature.
- Claimed conditions
- right-upper-extremity peripheral neuropathy, left-upper-extremity peripheral neuropathy, right-lower-extremity peripheral neuropathy, left-lower-extremity peripheral neuropathy, facial numbness (also claimed as 7th cranial-nerve disability characterized by facial numbness)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- 25001662
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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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- Denied
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- Denied
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- 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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