The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to potential exposure to toxic substances during active service, including paraganglioma excision residuals and recurrent vestibular disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner will be requested to review the Veteran's medical records and determine if his diagnosed conditions are related to his participation in Toxic Exposure Risk Activities (TERAs) during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent abdominal disability, paraganglioma excision residuals
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2024
- Citation
- 24001532
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,446 · Granted: 21% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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
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