The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a heart condition and diabetes mellitus type II due to herbicide agent exposure. The remand is based on incomplete records from the Joint Services Records Research Center (JSRRC).
The deciding factor: Incomplete records from the JSRRC prevented verification of the Veteran’s presence in areas of herbicide use during his deployment to Korea.
- Claimed conditions
- heart condition, diabetes mellitus type II
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20048730
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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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