The Veteran's appeal is about service connection for bilateral lower extremity disabilities, including right great toe fracture and knee arthritis. The Board has ordered a remand to determine if these conditions are related to Agent Orange exposure or in-service pesticide exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner will assess whether the Veteran's current lower extremity disabilities, including fractures and arthritis, are related to service exposure to Agent Orange or pesticides.
- Claimed conditions
- right great toe fracture, left and right knee arthritis, disability manifested by weakness, pain, burning, and numbness
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2010
- Citation
- 1035100
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for increased ratings on three different conditions have been dismissed due to his death.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a higher rating of 20 percent for the right great toe fracture but denied increased ratings for lumbosacral and thoracic strain with intervertebral disc syndrome, acromioclavicular joint separation, right shoulder, and service connection for joint pains.
- Partly granted
The Board denied several claims for increased ratings and service connection, while granting a 30% rating for herpes simplex labialis and service connection for thoracolumbar spine disability.
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