The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's skin disorders and his in-service exposure to Agent Orange.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to provide an adequate opinion as to whether the Veteran’s skin disorders are related to his in-service exposure to Agent Orange, which is a required part of the service connection claim for conditions presumed to be caused by herbicide agent exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disorders
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19131780
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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.
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