The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient information regarding the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents during his service aboard USS America. The Appellant must provide further evidence or clarification.
The deciding factor: Insufficient information was provided to verify the Veteran's in-service exposure to herbicide agents, which is a prerequisite for presumptive service connection under the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019.
- Claimed conditions
- cause of death, hypertensive vascular disease, bladder cancer, hyperlipidemia, chronic kidney disease stage 4 with renal failure, diabetes mellitus type 2, diabetic neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 6, 2022
- Citation
- 22038628
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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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