Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a new medical opinion to address the nature and etiology of the Veteran's cause of death, specifically regarding its relation to presumed herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: The January 2025 VA physician's opinion was found inadequate as it did not provide an opinion on whether the Veteran's cause of death was related to his CONCEDED presumed herbicide agent exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Ischemic heart disease, Hypovolemic shock from hemorrhage, Esophageal varices, Liver cirrhosis, Portal hypertension
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25003859
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