The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient development regarding herbicide agent exposure at Fort McClellan during active service. The RO must request information from the Armed Forces Pest Management Board and United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense on herbicide agents and chemical agents use, respectively.
The deciding factor: The VA failed to properly request information related to herbicide agent and chemical agent exposure at Fort McClellan during active service as per the appellant's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- hypoxias as caused by large cell lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2020
- Citation
- 20069236
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.
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