The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection due to exposure to ionizing radiation, as they are not based on presumptive conditions under the VCAA or VA regulations.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims are based on diseases other than those listed in 38 C.F.R. § 3.311(b)(2) or (b)(3), and thus cannot be considered under the presumption of radiation exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Guillain Barre Syndrome, hair loss, skin lesions, hypertrophic changes of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 11, 2004
- Citation
- 0404031
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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.
- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for adjustment disorder with depression, insomnia, and anxiety as secondary to service-connected tinnitus but denied an initial compensable rating for left ear hearing loss and an increased rating for tinnitus. The remaining claims were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and increased ratings due to insufficient evidence to evaluate the claims adequately.
- Denied
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