The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient opinions regarding whether hypertension is related to service-connected coronary artery disease and whether it may be linked to herbicide exposure. The Veteran's representative also requested an opinion on the relationship between chronic pain and hypertension.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner must provide a clear opinion regarding the likelihood of a link between hypertension, coronary artery disease, and herbicide exposure, considering recent NAS findings and medical literature.
- Claimed conditions
- Hypertension (HTN), Coronary artery disease (CAD)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2019
- Citation
- 19146717
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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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