The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical evidence on file to decide whether the Veteran's hypertension is related to his service, exposure to Agent Orange, or a service-connected condition. The Veteran was prescribed statins for his coronary artery disease and may have also been exposed to Agent Orange during service in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is insufficient medical evidence on file to decide the claim of service connection for hypertension due to lack of an opinion regarding its etiology, including whether it is related to exposure to Agent Orange or a service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- muscle fatigue, hypertensive vascular disease (hypertension)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18143300
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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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