The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection are not resolved and requires further development to obtain medical opinions regarding his psychiatric, prostate, sterility, and kidney cancer disabilities.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to address the etiology of the Veteran's diagnosed conditions as they may be related to herbicide exposure in service.
- Claimed conditions
- adjustment disorder, prostate disorder, sterility, left kidney cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2018
- Citation
- 1824478
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for adjustment disorder, SMC-AA benefits, and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) benefits was granted effective August 10, 2022.
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