The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to herbicide agent exposure for diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease, and peripheral neuropathy of multiple extremities. The Veteran's ship deck logs need to be obtained to verify his exposure in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The Board found insufficient evidence to corroborate the Veteran’s exposure to herbicide agents in service and thus remanded for further development.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II (DM), ischemic heart disease (IHD), peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity (LLE), peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity (LUE), peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity (RUE), peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity (RLE)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20036707
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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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