The Board remands the claims for an initial compensable rating for hypertension and service connection for peripheral neuropathy in all extremities due to potential missing evidence and a need for further medical opinion.

The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to ensure compliance with statutory duty to obtain an opinion regarding toxic exposure risk activity (TERA) related to herbicide agent exposure, as well as to request additional private records.

Claimed conditions

hypertension, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, left upper extremity peripheral neuropathy

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

Agent Orange / herbicides

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

February 5, 2025

Citation

A25010403

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