The Board remands the claims for service connection for Guillain-Barré Syndrome and entitlement to a TDIU on an extraschedular basis prior to October 20, 2016, due to insufficient compliance with previous remand directives.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that the examinations of record fail to substantially comply with the April 2021 Board decision's remanding directives and must obtain a new medical opinion from a neurologist that also provides commentary on treatise evidence submitted by the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- 25014750
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have Guillain-Barré Syndrome that had its onset in or is otherwise related to active service. As a result, the claim for service connection for Guillain-Barré Syndrome must be denied.
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