The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a skin disability and a right eye condition due to inadequate medical opinions. The VA is required to obtain addendum medical opinions addressing whether the Veteran's conditions are related to his active service, including exposure to herbicide agents, and whether they were caused or aggravated by his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the provided medical opinions were not adequate for adjudication as they did not address the Veteran's statements regarding his skin condition and its relation to service, nor did they adequately consider the possibility of a connection to herbicide exposure. The right eye condition opinion was also deemed inadequate due to insufficient explanation of how the Veteran's diabetes mellitus could have aggravated his eye disability.
- Claimed conditions
- skin disability, right eye condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 1, 2021
- Citation
- 21039935
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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.
What you can do next
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