The Board has remanded the case for additional development to determine if there is a nexus between the Veteran's brain disability and his service-connected prostate cancer residuals, including radiation therapy. The examiner must also address whether the Veteran's brain disability is related to Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an opinion on the relationship between the Veteran's brain disability and his in-service exposure to Agent Orange as instructed by the Board's prior remand.
- Claimed conditions
- brain disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2015
- Citation
- 1501447
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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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