The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions and needs further examination to determine if the Veteran's polyarteritis nodosa is related to his service-connected diabetes mellitus or any in-service exposure.
The deciding factor: The current medical opinions are deemed insufficient, necessitating a new examination to assess the relationship between the Veteran's condition and his service-connected disabilities as well as any in-service herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- polyarteritis nodosa
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19128955
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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