The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient analysis regarding exposure to herbicides other than Agent Orange and the distinction between tactical and commercial herbicides.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner needs clarification on the differences between tactical and commercial herbicides, as well as a detailed explanation of how each compound individually or collectively in Agent Orange relates to diabetes mellitus and heart disease.
- Claimed conditions
- Heart disability, Type II diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2022
- Citation
- 22006719
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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.
What you can do next
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