The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error and for further development, including obtaining a VA opinion regarding the Veteran's service connection claim based on toxic exposure in service. The focus is on verifying the Veteran's participation in a TERA (Toxic Exposure Risk Activity) and determining if his neurological condition was incurred or caused by such exposures.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the PACT Act requires a VA medical opinion for claims involving non-presumptive conditions due to toxic exposure, and remanded the case to obtain this opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- major neurocognitive disorder
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2024
- Citation
- A24076427
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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).
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty-to-assist error and needs an adequate medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected hearing disorders aggravate his major neurocognitive disorder.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
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