The Board is remanding the claims for further development, including obtaining private treatment records and ensuring proper notification to the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The case was returned to the Board due to a Joint Motion for Remand that identified issues with previous record requests and the need for additional evidence from the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- microscopic polyangiitis, demyelinating polyneuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25041407
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,911 · Granted: 10% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for microscopic polyangiitis and demyelinating polyneuropathy, finding insufficient evidence to establish a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's military service or toxic exposure risk activities.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for demyelinating polyneuropathy, claimed as due to herbicide agent exposure, was denied. His hypertension claim resulted in a grant of an initial 10% rating.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for peripheral neuropathy, including secondary to inservice exposure to herbicide agents. The evidence now shows that his current condition is related to his military service and warrants service connection.
- Denied
The Board found that the veteran's demyelinating polyneuropathy and peripheral neuropathy were not incurred in or aggravated by his military service, as there was no evidence linking these conditions to his time in active duty. The Board also noted that he did not serve in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam era, thus precluding presumptive service connection under applicable regulations.
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