The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete records and a need for a medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). The case will be returned to the AOJ with instructions to obtain missing treatment records from the Doctors Hospital of Loredo, including the Veteran's dates of service. A VA specialist must then provide an opinion on whether it is at least as likely as not that the AML had its onset during active service or within one year of separation from service, or is otherwise related to his active military service, to include exposure to herbicide agents and/or aircraft emissions.
The deciding factor: The AOJ needs to obtain missing treatment records and a medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's AML due to incomplete information provided by the Appellant.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20035960
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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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