Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy due to a lack of a nexus opinion.
The deciding factor: Additional development by the VA RO is necessary to fulfill the duty to assist, specifically to obtain a medical nexus opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's symptoms in service and his current peripheral neuropathies.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral upper extremity peripheral neuropathy, Bilateral lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095416
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