The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's skin conditions are related to his presumed exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not address the specific assertion that the right side of the Veteran's body was completely saturated with Agent Orange during service, which could be relevant to establishing presumptive service connection for a skin disability due to herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Malignant melanoma, Seborrheic keratosis, Dermatitis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20005449
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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