The Board remands the claims for service connection for peripheral arterial disease and carcinoma, to be further developed with additional medical opinions.
The deciding factor: Further development is necessary due to potential exposure to toxins during military service, including herbicide agents and UV sun exposure in Vietnam.
- Claimed conditions
- peripheral arterial disease, carcinoma, claimed as malignant melanoma and basal cell carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25027790
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hypertension, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, carotid artery disease blockage with surgery, peripheral arterial disease, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer, and anxiety and depression as not being related to the Veteran's active duty or any herbicide exposure.
- Partly granted
The Board granted readjudication of the claim for a right foot disability and denied claims for service connection for headache disorder, erectile dysfunction, diabetes, gout, hypertension, heart disability, right hip disability, left hip disability, peripheral arterial disease, back disability, bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, and remanded several other claims.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for shortness of breath, endocarditis, lipoma, and skin cancer as the Veteran withdrew his appeal. The claim for peripheral arterial disease was denied due to a lack of evidence supporting a current diagnosis. Service connection for a back condition was also denied due to insufficient evidence linking it to service.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for a higher rating for diabetes mellitus type II was denied due to failure to attend a VA examination. The claims for service connection for a cardiovascular disability and TDIU were remanded for further development.
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