The Veteran seeks service connection for body sores secondary to herbicide exposure during service. The case is remanded due to the need for additional medical examination and records.
The deciding factor: The claim requires further evidence, specifically a VA examination and treatment records from 1977.
- Claimed conditions
- body sores
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1033022
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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 has remanded the claims for service connection for ulcers, migraines, mouth sores, body sores, fibromyalgia, chest pain, fatigue, joint pain and swelling, sinusitis (claimed as nose bleeds), shortness of breath, hemoptysis (coughing blood), hypertension, and memory loss. These issues are intertwined with the referred claim for service connection for Wegener's disease.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several service connection claims for further development due to inadequate VA examinations and opinions. The Veteran's conditions include strokes, transient ischemic attacks, memory loss, fibromyalgia (claimed as Desert Storm Syndrome), chest pain, joint pain and swelling, hemoptysis, hypertension, neck pain, mouth sores, body sores, migraines, sleep disorder, fatigue, sinusitis (claimed as nose bleeds), bronchitis (claimed as shortness of breath). The claims are related to service in the Gulf War.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's body sores did not manifest as a result of his military service, to include as a result of exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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