The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for polycythemia and ITP due to exposure to herbicide agents (Agent Orange) during his military service. The appeal is pending as the Veteran has not provided sufficient medical evidence to establish a direct relationship between his conditions and service.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the current medical opinions were insufficient to support the claims, particularly given the lack of review of the complete claims file by the providers.
- Claimed conditions
- polycythemia, immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19195186
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a right knee disability, left knee disability, polycythemia, and bilateral hearing loss as the evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active duty service.
- Granted
The Board granted a 60 percent rating for polycythemia based on the Veteran undergoing phlebotomy 6 times within a 12-month period.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and polycythemia, both related to the Veteran's military service.
- Granted
The Board granted an initial rating of 30 percent, but no higher, for immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) from August 16, 2012.
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