The Veteran's appeal is remanded for further development, including obtaining VA treatment records and scheduling a VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of any current skin disorders.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed as the claim involves exposure to herbicides but no presumptive diseases have been found. The examiner will need to assess whether any diagnosed conditions are related to service, including presumed Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar back tumor, upper chest, face, and neck tumors
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2017
- Citation
- 1724679
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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.
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