The Board has remanded the cases due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the Veteran's benign prostatic hypertrophy and TDIU claims. The case will be returned for further development.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the Veteran’s benign prostatic hypertrophy was less likely than not related to his conceded herbicide exposure in Vietnam, but did not address the potential link between low levels of androgen and herbicide exposure as suggested by medical literature.
- Claimed conditions
- benign prostatic hypertrophy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19145299
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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