The Board has remanded the case due to new legal requirements and the need for additional evidence regarding exposure to herbicides in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The appellant must affirmatively prove his exposure to Agent Orange while serving in Vietnam, as he is not entitled to a presumption of exposure by virtue of his service in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability of the hands and feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2001
- Citation
- 0100360
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for sleep apnea, headaches, and a skin disability of the hands and feet.,All three conditions are found to have had their onset during active duty service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, bilateral upper and lower extremity peripheral neuropathy, GERD, erectile dysfunction, hypertension, diabetic retinopathy, bladder disability / urinary frequency, skin disability of the hands and feet, and diarrhea due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to service or herbicide exposure.
- Denied
The Veteran's skin tumors of the chest and back were not incurred in or aggravated by active duty, nor may its incurrence or aggravation during such service be presumed. The Veteran's skin disability of the hands and feet was also not present in service and is not etiologically related to service.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for a skin disability of the hands and feet, headaches, and a psychotic disorder.
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