Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion regarding the relationship between upper extremity peripheral neuropathy and exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: The examiner did not address the Veteran's exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, in the previous opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25002483
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