The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy to obtain an adequate medical opinion addressing the Veteran's claimed disabilities and their potential relationship to his military service, including exposure to herbicidal agents.
The deciding factor: The June 2025 JMR found that the Board erred in failing to address a reasonably raised issue of whether the evidence demonstrated functional impairment such that the Veteran met the disability requirement in 38 U.S.C. § 1110, notwithstanding the lack of a formal diagnosis.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- December 8, 2025
- Citation
- 25014627
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Decisions by this judge: 713 · Granted: 31% (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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