The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right lower extremity PVD due to a lack of adequate rationale in previous VA medical opinions, particularly regarding herbicide agent exposure and secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The November 2019 VA examiner did not provide a rationale for the negative nexus opinion on herbicide agent exposure and failed to address the causation prong of secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity peripheral vascular disease (PVD), right lower extremity PVD
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2022
- Citation
- 22003358
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that there was not substantial compliance with the requested development and has ordered remand for further action, including informing the Veteran of the inability to obtain records from Coastal Therapy.
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