The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's carotid artery disease is related to his in-service herbicide exposure or secondary to his service-connected hypertension.
The deciding factor: The claim requires additional medical opinion and evaluation to determine if there is a link between the Veteran's carotid artery disease and his in-service herbicide exposure, as well as whether it is secondary to his service-connected hypertension.
- Claimed conditions
- carotid artery disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2023
- Citation
- 23059111
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for aortic insufficiency, aortic stenosis and congestive heart failure, and carotid artery disease. The conditions are related to in-service exposure to toxic substances and stress.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for hypertension, carotid artery disease, coronary artery disease, and renal artery disease as they were not shown to be chronic in service or manifest within the applicable presumptive period; continuity of symptomatology was not established; and there is no evidence that any of these disabilities are otherwise etiologically related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to his death, and the underlying claims are returned to the Board.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's carotid artery disease is related to his in-service herbicide exposure, and the Board has granted service connection for this condition.
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