The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence linking the Veteran's claimed conditions to his military service, including environmental exposures during his deployment in Southwest Asia. The VA is required to obtain new examinations and opinions.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence was provided to link the Veteran's diagnosed conditions to his military service or any specific exposure events.
- Claimed conditions
- Sinus disorder, Prostate disorder, Eye disorder, Kidney disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20010343
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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 bladder and prostate disorders, finding that the evidence does not support a link to service or environmental exposures. The Veteran's claims were based on direct causation rather than presumptive exposure.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claim for service connection of a sinus disorder due to incomplete records and inadequate medical opinions. The case will be returned to the RO for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for ischemic disorders and a kidney disorder are being remanded due to the need for VA examinations and medical opinions regarding the relationship between his current conditions and his military service, including exposure to herbicide agents.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of previously denied claims for service connection for PTSD and COPD, while remanding other issues including entitlement to service connection for an eye disorder, hypertension, tinnitus, a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss, TDIU, and an initial rating for PTSD.
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