The Board remands the claims for service connection for a right and left lower extremity vascular condition due to inadequate VA examination and need for additional evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examination is found to be inadequate as it did not consider all relevant evidence, including a private study noting 'infrapopliteal disease,' and failed to account for contradictory information in the April 2019 lower arterial study. A TERA opinion should also be obtained due to the Veteran's contention of exposure to Agent Orange.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity vascular condition, left lower extremity vascular condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25038705
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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.
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