The appeal is remanded to the RO for further development and consideration of additional evidence regarding the Veteran's service in Vietnam and potential herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: Further verification of the Veteran's and G.R.K.'s statements about service in Vietnam is necessary to determine if presumptive service connection can be granted for diabetes mellitus due to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes type II
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2009
- Citation
- 0906023
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for further development and adjudicative action, including providing notice of the right to a pre-decisional RO hearing.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for coronary heart disease and diabetes type II under the PACT Act due to presumed in-service exposure to herbicide agents.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for diabetes type II, GERD, prostate cancer, and hypertension as further development is necessary to determine if there is a nexus between these conditions and the Veteran's military service, including exposure to herbicides.
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