The Board remands the matter for a VA cardiac examination to determine the relationship between any identified cardiac disability and active service, including presumed exposure to herbicide agents.
The deciding factor: The evaluation was of limited probative value due to the examiner's failure to review the 2019 computerized tomography study.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiac disability, other than viral cardiomyopathy with cardiac transplant residuals
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2022
- Citation
- 22001146
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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