The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including diabetes mellitus and heart disability, due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for further medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary to obtain medical opinions on direct causation of the claimed conditions based on exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, as previous opinions were deemed inadequate.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, heart disability, to include coronary artery disease and hypertension, kidney disability, stroke residuals, disability manifested by memory loss, disability manifested by blackouts and seizures
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20063964
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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