The Board has decided that the Veteran's heart conditions are related to service, but needs additional evidence from a medical expert regarding the relationship between his heart conditions and exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The Board requested an outside medical opinion due to new evidence indicating sufficient evidence of an association between herbicide agents and hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- supraventricular tachycardia status post ablation, sick sinus syndrome status post dual chamber pacemaker implantation, hypertensive heart disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 19, 2020
- Citation
- 20055065
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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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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