The Board has remanded the case for further development, including a medical opinion regarding the relationship between Pick's disease and Agent Orange exposure. The issue of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for ALS is also pending.
The deciding factor: The appeal requires additional development due to the need for a medical opinion on the relationship between the Veteran's condition and his military service, including potential exposure to herbicides.
- Claimed conditions
- Pick's disease, front temporal dementia
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2011
- Citation
- 1110802
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for an addendum medical opinion to address whether Parkinson's disease and supranuclear ophthalmoplegia are related to exposure at Camp Lejeune, and if other neurological conditions are also related.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board finds that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's service-connected PTSD contributed materially or substantially to his death-causing dementia, and grants service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for Pick's disease and a heart disability, finding that there is no evidence of in-service incurrence or association with these conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that service connection for Pick's disease, also claimed as front temporal dementia, is not warranted due to lack of evidence linking the condition to Agent Orange exposure or service.
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