The Board has found new and relevant evidence regarding the Veteran's exposure to contaminated water at Malmstrom Air Force Base and radiation exposure in missile silos, leading to a remand for further development.
The deciding factor: New evidence indicates potential exposure to contaminated water and radiation during service which may be related to the Veteran's cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- Vascular Dementia, Type 2 Diabetes
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2022
- Citation
- A22022621
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for type 2 diabetes was granted with an effective date of October 17, 2018. The Board found sufficient evidence to support the grant on a facts-found basis and did not consider the PACT Act in this decision.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his cognitive impairment, which was part of his service-connected mental health disability, contributed to his fatal ingestion of battery fluid.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues for additional development, including service connection claims and rating determinations. The Veteran's claims are related to his service-connected conditions and other health issues.
- Granted
The Veteran's vascular dementia is granted as secondary to his service-connected ischemic heart condition. He is also granted a 60 percent rating for ischemic heart condition from March 27, 2013 to February 23, 2015.
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