The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination, as well as to attempt verification of herbicide exposure during service. The Veteran's claims for increased ratings for scars and diabetes mellitus are also being remanded.
The deciding factor: The VA is required to obtain additional information from the Veteran regarding his claimed herbicide agent exposure and to attempt to verify this claim through multiple inquiries with the JSRRC.
- Claimed conditions
- multiple scars of the right lower extremity, multiple scars of the left lower extremity, scars of the right upper extremity, scars of the left upper extremity, diabetes mellitus, type II
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19189803
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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.
What you can do next
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