The Board remands the claims for service connection for dysphagia and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, to include as secondary to service-connected COPD, for further development.
The deciding factor: A remand is needed because the Board erred when it failed to remand under 38 C.F.R. § 20.802(a) for the correction of an error by the AOJ in satisfying a regulatory duty and no VA examination has opined as to whether dysphagia and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy have been aggravated by service-connected COPD.
- Claimed conditions
- dysphagia, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy involving the sciatic nerve
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- A25093571
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