The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient verification of the Veteran's in-service exposure to herbicide agents and a need for a VA opinion regarding whether his death was caused by such exposure.
The deciding factor: Verification is needed for the Veteran’s in-service exposure to herbicides, pesticides, and defoliants, including specific chemicals like DDT, Chlordane, Copper Sulfate, Diquat, and Hydrothol 191.
- Claimed conditions
- massive myocardial infarction
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19139150
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Decisions by this judge: 1,104 · Granted: 28% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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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