The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to incomplete records and conflicting statements regarding hearing requests. The claims are related to presumed herbicide agent exposure, but no VA examiner has provided an opinion on whether any of the claimed conditions are related to service or herbicide exposure.
The deciding factor: No VA examiner has provided a medical nexus opinion linking the Veteran's claimed disabilities to his military service or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- GERD, nephrolithiasis (kidney stones), lung disability, prostate disability, lumbar spine disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, right knee disability, left knee disability, neurological disability of the right upper extremity, neurological disability of the left upper extremity, neurological disability of the right lower extremity, neurological disability of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 24, 2022
- Citation
- 22048273
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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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