The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to potential herbicide exposure at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base. The case will be sent back to the Joint Services Records Research Center (JSRRC) for verification of herbicide agent exposure and additional lay evidence from the Veteran is sought.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's claimed herbicide exposure at Udorn, Thailand, and remanded the case for further development to verify this claim.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic heart disease (IHD), diabetes mellitus type II (diabetes), bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremities, bilateral peripheral neuropathy of the lower extremities, bilateral eye disability
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19196360
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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.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions were denied, except for tinnitus and bilateral hearing loss disability which were granted. The veteran was also granted service connection for hypertension.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, right lower extremity diabetic neuropathy, and left lower extremity diabetic neuropathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected conditions.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a bilateral eye disability, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the case for further development to verify the Veteran's claimed herbicide exposure while stationed in Korea from September 1967 to October 1968.
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