The Veteran's frontal lobe dementia is remanded for further examination and opinion regarding its relationship to service, specifically Agent Orange exposure. The Board also requests an opinion on whether the Veteran can be separately rated for PTSD and his dementia.
The deciding factor: The decision was not about rating or effective dates but rather about needing more information to determine if the Veteran's frontal lobe dementia is related to service, particularly Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- frontal lobe dementia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2020
- Citation
- 20022175
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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.
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