The Board has remanded the claims of service connection for throat cancer and baroreflex failure due to alleged herbicide exposure, as well as the secondary claim for baroreflex failure. Additional development is needed to determine if the Veteran was exposed to herbicides in Korea and whether his conditions are related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The remand is necessary due to procedural errors identified by the Court and additional evidence required to substantiate the claims, including verification of alleged exposure to herbicides and a VA examination to assess the etiology of the Veteran's throat cancer and baroreflex failure.
- Claimed conditions
- throat cancer, baroreflex failure
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19190659
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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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