The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to Agent Orange exposure, as the RO did not comply with a previous directive to provide the Veteran's file to an appropriate Records Research Specialist.
The deciding factor: The RO failed to complete the required development concerning verification of the Veteran's herbicide agent exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- aortic vascular disease with stenting, colon polyps/GI bleeding, skin cancer including basal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 27, 2023
- Citation
- 23041249
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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.
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