The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for hepatitis A and skin disability, but has remanded the issues of service connection for blood disorder (anemia and polycythemia) and kidney disorder (renal cell carcinoma).,Service connection is granted for skin disability due to herbicide exposure under presumptive provisions. Service connection is denied for hepatitis A as there is no current diagnosis or evidence of a link to service, including herbicide exposure. The Veteran's blood disorders are found to be related to his service and the kidney disorder may also be secondary to these conditions.
The deciding factor: The Board has remanded the issues due to insufficient evidence regarding the etiology of the Veteran's skin disability and blood disorders, as well as the relationship between the kidney disorder and any other diagnosed conditions.,Service connection is granted for skin disability based on presumptive provisions. Service connection is denied for hepatitis A because there is no current diagnosis or evidence linking it to service, including herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Hepatitis A, Skin Disability, Blood Disorder (Anemia and Polycythemia), Kidney Disorder (Renal Cell Carcinoma)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19159072
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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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