The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for ischemic heart disease, on bases other than the PACT Act, due to a need for further development regarding the location of the Veteran's assigned duties at U-Tapao RTAFB during his service there in 1972.
The deciding factor: The Board failed to address whether additional efforts to obtain official maps of U-Tapao were needed, especially since the information necessary to obtain those maps was already of record and the research previously completed did not report on the location of the bomb dump in proximity to the perimeter of the base.
- Claimed conditions
- ischemic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 15, 2024
- Citation
- 24033082
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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