The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to a lack of complete service records and potential herbicide exposure at the Savannah River Plant. The claims will be reconsidered after these issues are resolved.
The deciding factor: The VA is unable to verify the Veteran’s in-service exposure to herbicide agents, which may affect his service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a gunshot wound, bullet lodged in spine, dental disability for compensation purposes, eye disability (glaucoma), breathing disability (COPD and chronic cough), stomach and digestive disability (gastroesophageal reflux disease), skin and toenail disability (onychomycosis), neurological disability (ataxia)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20062651
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a back condition, dental disability for compensation purposes, and noncompensable dental disability for outpatient treatment due to insufficient evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, tinnitus, anemia, and a compensable disability rating for obstructive pulmonary disease. The claims for service connection of various other conditions were remanded.
- Denied
The Veteran's service connection claim for a dental disability for compensation purposes is denied as there is no current evidence of a dental disability.
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