( October 23, 2025, 1:51 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims judge on Oct. 22 vacated a decision by the Board of Veterans’ Appeals that denied a veteran’s claim for injuries from exposure to the pesticide Agent Orange, ruling that the board erred “in failing to address the appellant's explicitly raised contentions” regarding the conduct of a Department of Veterans Affairs examiner. The judge said the examiner did not “adequately consider the appellant's chemical exposures during service.”...