The Veteran seeks service connection for blastomycosis, which he claims was caused by environmental hazards during his Southwest Asia service. The appeal is remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations and records.
The deciding factor: The claim requires further examination and evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's blastomycosis.
- Claimed conditions
- blastomycosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2013
- Citation
- 1318911
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's death was caused by sarcoidosis, blastomycosis, and diabetes mellitus. The Board found that the Veteran was exposed to herbicide agents during his service at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand, which contributed to his diabetes mellitus. As a result, the Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death.
- Denied
The Veteran's death was not caused by any service-connected condition, and the cause of death (blastomycosis) is not related to his active duty. The Veteran's service-connected rheumatic heart disease did not contribute to his death.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's renal cell carcinoma was not incurred in or aggravated by service, may not be presumed to have been incurred therein, and is not proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disability.
- Denied
The Veteran's death was caused by respiratory failure, blastomycosis, lung cancer, and atrial fibrillation. The service-connected rheumatic heart disease inactive with residuals of rheumatic valvulitis and mitral incompetency did not cause or accelerate the Veteran's death.
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