The Board remands the claims for service connection for kidney, liver, and pituitary gland disabilities as they require further evidentiary development.
The deciding factor: The October 2023 VA opinion is inadequate due to its failure to consider the total potential exposure through all applicable deployments and the synergistic effect of toxic exposure risk activities under the PACT Act requirements.
- Claimed conditions
- kidney disability, liver disability, pituitary gland disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2024
- Citation
- 24001876
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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