Citation Nr: 21010935 Decision Date: 02/26/21 Archive Date: 02/26/21 DOCKET NO. 17-01 356 DATE: February 26, 2021 REMANDED Entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus, claimed as the result of herbicide agent exposure, is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for hypertension is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for a skin disability, claimed as the result of herbicide agent exposure, is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for a urinary disability is remanded. Entitlement to service connection for a recurrent disability manifested by weight loss is remanded. REASONS FOR REMAND The Veteran had active service from October 1970 to May 1972. He had additional duty with the Army Reserve. The Veteran appeared at an October 2014 videoconference hearing before the undersigned Acting Veterans Law Judge. The hearing transcript is of record. Entitlement to service connection for diabetes mellitus claimed as the result of herbicide agent exposure, hypertension, a skin disability claimed as the result of herbicide agent exposure, a urinary disability, and a recurrent disability manifested by weight loss is remanded. The Veteran asserts that service connection for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, a skin disability, a urinary disability, and a recurrent disability manifested by weight loss is warranted as the claimed disabilities originated during active service. The service documentation of record indicates that the Veteran served with the Army Reserve from June 1974 to July 1979. The Veteran’s complete periods of active duty, active duty for training, and inactive duty for training with the Army Reserve have not been verified and the service treatment records associated with that duty have not been requested for incorporation into the record. An April 2019 written statement from J. Cunningham, M.D., conveys that he was the Veteran’s primary care physician. He stated that he had treated the Veteran for diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and several other disabilities. Clinical documentation of the cited private treatment is not of record. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) clinical documentation dated after August 2013 is not of record. VA should obtain all relevant VA and private treatment records which could potentially be helpful in resolving the Veteran’s claims. Murphy v. Derwinski, 1 Vet. App. 78 (1990); Bell v. Derwinski, 2 Vet. App. 611 (1992). The matters are REMANDED for the following action: 1. Ask the Veteran to complete a VA Form 21-4142 for each private healthcare provider, including J. Cunningham, M.D., who treated him for any diabetes mellitus, hypertension, skin, urinary, and weight loss disabilities. Make two requests for the authorized records from all identified healthcare providers unless it is clear after the first request that a second request would be futile. 2. Contact the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) or the appropriate service entity and request verification of the Veteran’s complete periods of active duty, active duty for training, and inactive duty for training with the Army Reserve and forward all available service medical and personnel records associated with the Veteran’s service for incorporation into the record. 3. Obtain the Veteran’s VA clinical documentation not already of record, including treatment records dated after August 2013. J. T. HUTCHESON Acting Veterans Law Judge Board of Veterans’ Appeals Attorney for the Board T.M. Gillett The Board’s decision in this case is binding only with respect to the instant matter decided. This decision is not precedential and does not establish VA policies or interpretations of general applicability. 38 C.F.R. § 20.1303.