The Board has remanded the case due to a failure to develop the record regarding the Veteran's exposure to Agent Orange and to provide a VA medical examination or opinion to determine the nature and etiology of his Lewy body disease.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because there is insufficient evidence to decide the claim, including a lack of information about the Veteran's service in the Republic of Vietnam as outlined by Procopio, and a failure to provide a VA medical examination or opinion regarding the nature and etiology of his Lewy body disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Lewy body disease, executive cognitive brain disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 16, 2020
- Citation
- A20016927
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted an effective date of January 22, 2016 for the award of Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) based on service connection for Lewy body disease. This decision is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for Lewy body disease and remanded the issue of whether obstructive sleep apnea was aggravated by a service-connected psychiatric disability.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Lewy body disease as a result of exposure to herbicides, finding that the Veteran's early onset dementia with Lewy bodies is more likely than not the direct result of his service in Vietnam.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected bilateral shoulder strains do not render him in need of regular aid and attendance or housebound due to his other nonservice-connected conditions, such as dementia and Parkinson's disease.
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