Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy to obtain a medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's neuropathies are directly related to herbicide exposure during his service in the Republic of Vietnam.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to correct pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors, including obtaining an opinion under 38 U.S.C. § 1168 regarding toxic exposure risk activity (TERA).
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, left lower extremity peripheral neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2025
- Citation
- A25106828
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