Remanded (sent back)PACT Act
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for benign prostatic hypertrophy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and right kidney cancer, removed, to obtain additional evidence.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinions are inadequate, and VA examinations are required to determine the likelihood of a relationship between the Veteran's conditions and in-service herbicide exposure due to the presumption under the PACT Act.
- Claimed conditions
- benign prostatic hypertrophy, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), right kidney cancer, removed
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25020738
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