The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical records and a need for an opinion regarding the Veteran's cause of death, which may be related to his service-connected conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA needs more information about the Veteran's in-service exposure to herbicide agents and relevant medical records to determine if his cause of death is related to his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic sinusitis, bronchial asthma/COPD/chronic bronchitis, allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19119270
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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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