The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for PVD of both lower extremities due to a recent passage of the Honoring our PACT Act, which now considers hypertension presumptively related to herbicide exposure. The claim must be further investigated to determine if the Veteran was exposed to herbicide agents during his service aboard ships in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The Board has jurisdiction over all issues related to the claims and has determined that hypertension is now considered presumptively related to herbicide exposure under the PACT Act, necessitating a remand for verification of the Veteran's in-service exposure to herbicide agents.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) of the left lower extremity (LLE), Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) of the right lower extremity (RLE)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 4, 2023
- Citation
- 23007274
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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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- Granted
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