The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for recurrent epistaxis and hypertension due to exposure to herbicides in Vietnam. The Veteran's right great toe arthritis is granted, but his other conditions remain under review.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not provide sufficient information on the etiology of the Veteran's current conditions without further examination and analysis.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of the right great toe, recurrent epistaxis to include as due to herbicide exposure, hypertension to include as due to herbicide exposure
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1027933
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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.
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