The Board has remanded the claims for COPD and peripheral vascular disease due to insufficient development. The skin disability claim is denied as there is no current evidence of a skin condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's current symptoms are related to service or any other factor, including presumed exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- Skin disability, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Peripheral vascular disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2020
- Citation
- 20070826
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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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