The Board has decided that the Veteran's mental confusion and thyroid condition are not service-connected. The thyroid condition is remanded for additional development, including obtaining VA treatment records and an addendum opinion regarding herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions obtained so far do not provide sufficient information to determine if the Veteran’s conditions are related to his in-service herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- mental confusion, thyroid condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2021
- Citation
- 21012502
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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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