The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for right lower peripheral neuropathy, left lower peripheral neuropathy, and stomach pain (claimed as possible prostate issue) due to new evidence received after the January 2015 rating decision.
The deciding factor: The subsequent decision lifted the regulatory bar to VA benefits, which allows consideration of additional evidence in these claims.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower peripheral neuropathy, left lower peripheral neuropathy, stomach pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2026
- Citation
- A26028094
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to his death. The claims for service connection have also been dismissed.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right lower peripheral neuropathy is likely related to his military service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Granted
The Veteran's service connection claims for diabetes, right toes amputation, left lower peripheral neuropathy, right lower peripheral neuropathy, left upper peripheral neuropathy, and right upper peripheral neuropathy have been granted. The Board also remanded the cases of service connection for coronary artery disease (CAD) and hypertension.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for an effective date earlier than June 23, 2020 for urticaria and a compensable rating for hypertension are denied.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for allergies is denied as there is no current diagnosis of allergies.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for headaches is denied as there is no current diagnosis of headaches.
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