The Board has granted service connection for ischemic heart disease, but remanded the issues of service connection for hypertension and renal disease due to potential links with herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's hypertension and renal disease do not warrant presumptive service connection based on herbicide exposure. The Board requested a medical opinion regarding possible etiological relationships between the Veteran’s exposure to herbicides during his active service and his current diagnoses of hypertension and kidney disability.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic heart disease, hypertension, renal disease
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18135319
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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