The Board remands the claims for service connection of bilateral upper and lower extremity neuropathy as a pre-decisional duty to assist error occurred, requiring an addendum medical opinion.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's statement was unclear and did not provide adequate rationale for ruling out a nexus between Agent Orange exposure and peripheral neuropathy.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity (LUE) neuropathy, right upper extremity (RUE) neuropathy, left lower extremity (LLE) neuropathy, right lower extremity (RLE) neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25010939
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,044 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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).
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for hypertension, diabetes mellitus type 2, and bilateral upper/lower extremity diabetic neuropathies have been granted due to presumed exposure to herbicides during his military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's back condition, LUE and RUE neuropathies are granted as secondary to his service-connected amputation of the left arm below insertion of deltoid.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered a remand due to the need for clarifying medical opinions regarding the etiology of arthritis and neuropathy, as well as addressing Dr. C.'s opinion on risk factors.
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