The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete VA treatment records and a need for further examination regarding the Veteran's claimed residuals of jungle rot.
The deciding factor: Incomplete VA treatment records from the period immediately following service have not been obtained, necessitating a new examination to assess the current status of any residual conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of jungle rot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22048911
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
Service connection is granted for coronary artery disease and hypertension. The Veteran's atrial fibrillation, implanted cardiac pacemaker, and sick sinus syndrome status post VVI pacemaker placement are remanded due to inadequate opinions.,Service connection is granted for a skin disability (residuals of jungle rot, actinic keratosis, melanoma) as due to herbicide agent exposure and/or sunlight exposure. The Veteran's diagnoses of neoplasm of unspecified behavior of bone, soft tissue, and skin, angioma, and lentigo are remanded due to inadequate opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus. The cases of bilateral hearing loss, right hand disability, right wrist disability, and residuals of jungle rot are remanded due to the need for additional evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims due to insufficient rationale in previous VA examination reports and failure to obtain relevant medical records. The Veteran is required to undergo new examinations for his hearing loss, chest pain, hypertension, and jungle rot.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a skin disorder claimed as the residuals of jungle rot, finding that there is no evidence linking the current condition to active duty service.
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