The Veteran's claims for service connection for hypertension and erectile dysfunction are being remanded due to the need for additional medical opinions regarding the etiology of these conditions.
The deciding factor: Additional medical opinions are needed to determine whether the Veteran's hypertension is related to presumed herbicide exposure, and whether his erectile dysfunction is caused or aggravated by his service-connected ischemic heart disease.
- Claimed conditions
- {"conditionName":"Hypertension"}, {"conditionName":"Erectile Dysfunction"}
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2017
- Citation
- 1753345
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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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- Denied
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- Denied
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