The Board has determined that additional development is needed to determine if the Veteran's Hodgkin's Lymphoma is related to herbicide exposure during his service in Thailand. The Veteran should provide any evidence of duties that required him to be near the perimeter or fence line of the base (including on or near the flight line).
The deciding factor: The Board needs more information about the Veteran's specific duties while stationed at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, including as a radio operator.
- Claimed conditions
- Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19115224
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's service connection claim for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma was granted. His Hodgkin's Lymphoma disability, initially rated at 30 percent, remains unchanged.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for Hodgkin's Lymphoma, and the Board dismissed the appeal.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for additional development to obtain relevant private treatment records related to the Veteran's Hodgkin's Lymphoma, including from Camp Lejeune exposure.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that further development is necessary before the Veteran's claims can be adjudicated due to insufficient information regarding his exposure to herbicide agents. The claims are therefore remanded for a request to the U.S. Department of Army, Records Management and Declassification Agency (RMDA) for verification.
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