The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a need to correct a duty-to-assist error regarding Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: A TERA memorandum resolving conflicts in the Veteran's herbicide exposure must be obtained before a decision can be made.
- Claimed conditions
- lymphoma, diabetes mellitus, Type II, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), stage 3 chronic kidney disease with renal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25010714
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 258 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for BPH due to insufficient evidence regarding its relationship to his service-connected hypertension. The AOJ is instructed to obtain a medical opinion addressing whether BPH was caused or aggravated by his hypertension.
- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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