The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for an eye disability, sexual problems, and a skin disorder due to exposure to herbicide agents. The claims are being remanded for additional development including obtaining VA treatment records, verifying periods of active duty for training (ACDUTRA) and inactive duty for training (INACDUTRA), providing new examinations to determine the nature and etiology of his eye disability(ies), sexual problems, and skin disorder, and securing outstanding audiogram results.
The deciding factor: The Board finds that additional development is necessary as there are gaps in the record and further examination and opinion are needed to address the Veteran's claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- eye disability, sexual problems, skin disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19179951
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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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