The Board has remanded all service connection claims for the Veteran's claimed conditions, including hyperlipidemia, temporal arteritis and giant cell arteritis with elevated sedimentation rate, headaches, coronary artery disease, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and eye disease. The appeal is based on exposure to aviation fuel during service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's military occupational specialty as an Aviation Boatswain's Mate (F) for Fuel in the Navy exposed him to aviation fuel fumes without protective equipment, which may be related to his current diagnoses of the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- hyperlipidemia, temporal arteritis, giant cell arteritis with elevated sedimentation rate, headaches, coronary artery disease, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, eye disease (including papilledema and right cranial nerve VI palsy)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 2, 2023
- Citation
- 23059302
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an initial evaluation in excess of 10 percent for his service-connected coronary artery disease, finding that the evidence did not support a higher rating based on the severity of his condition.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete development of records and will provide a supplemental statement of the case if necessary.
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