The Board has determined that additional development is needed to verify the Veteran's exposure to herbicides at Nakhon Phanom Air Base and to determine if his prostate cancer, glaucoma, and skin cancer residuals are related to service. The case will be remanded for these purposes.
The deciding factor: The Veteran served as a freight traffic specialist in Thailand where he handled drums of Agent Orange. However, his MOS did not place him on or near the perimeters of military bases, requiring further verification of herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer residuals, glaucoma, skin cancer residuals
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2021
- Citation
- 21010186
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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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