The Veteran is seeking service connection for various conditions including sleep apnea, lung condition, enlarged prostate, femoral aneurysm, basal cell carcinoma, and malignant melanoma. The claims are being remanded to obtain additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.,The Veteran seeks service connection for a lung condition (previously diagnosed as pulmonary embolism) and femoral aneurysm right leg. The VA will determine if these conditions are related to his service-connected cardiovascular disease or due to Agent Orange exposure.,The Veteran is seeking service connection for enlarged prostate, basal cell carcinoma, and malignant melanoma. These claims will be evaluated based on the presumption of exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.,The Veteran seeks service connection for a lung condition (previously diagnosed as pulmonary embolism) and femoral aneurysm right leg. The VA will determine if these conditions are related to his service-connected cardiovascular disease or due to Agent Orange exposure.,The Veteran is seeking service connection for basal cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma. These claims will be evaluated based on the presumption of exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.,The Veteran seeks service connection for basal cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma. These claims will be evaluated based on the presumption of exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: These claims are being remanded because additional medical opinions are needed regarding the etiology of the Veteran's conditions.,The VA will determine if these conditions are related to his service-connected cardiovascular disease or due to Agent Orange exposure.,These claims will be evaluated based on the presumption of exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.,The VA will determine if these conditions are related to his service-connected cardiovascular disease or due to Agent Orange exposure.,These claims will be evaluated based on the presumption of exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.,These claims will be evaluated based on the presumption of exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- obstructive sleep apnea, lung condition (emphesymatous changes in the lungs), enlarged prostate, femoral aneurysm, right leg, basal cell carcinoma, malignant melanoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2016
- Citation
- 1627262
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