The Veteran claims service connection for type II diabetes mellitus, alleging exposure to Agent Orange during his military service in Thailand. The Board has requested further development from the VA's Office of Public Health and Environmental Hazards and the Air Force Personnel Center to verify if he was exposed to Agent Orange at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claim requires verification of his alleged exposure to Agent Orange during service, which is pending additional development.
- Claimed conditions
- type II diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1026727
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claim for an increased rating in excess of 20 percent for type II diabetes mellitus to address a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding VA not requesting private treatment records.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a cervical spine disorder and denied an earlier effective date prior to August 3, 2014, for the award of service connection for a postoperative hernia repair scar.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter of entitlement to service connection for type II diabetes mellitus due to a need for an additional medical opinion.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for type II diabetes mellitus and hypertension, finding that both conditions are related to the Veteran's military service.
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