Remanded (sent back)PACT Act
The Board remands the case to determine whether the Veteran's aircraft launched from his ship landed in Vietnam and to verify his participation in a toxic exposure risk activity under the PACT Act.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's potential exposure to herbicides and toxic substances during service, as well as to obtain a medical opinion considering all relevant factors.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, type II
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 20, 2025
- Citation
- 25013049
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