Remanded (sent back)
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 assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25010939
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