The Board has ordered a remand due to the need for additional evidence, including service medical records from the veteran's second period of service and an examination to determine the etiology of any diagnosed cancer.
The deciding factor: The appeal is being remanded because the RO needs to obtain missing service medical records and conduct further examinations to address the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the tongue, oral cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0116701
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for bilateral lung cancer, cancer of the tongue, and malignant tumor of tonsil and squamous cell carcinoma of the pharynx to obtain a new VA opinion.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied a compensable rating for hypertension and dismissed the appeal for service connection for oral cancer. The claims for a compensable rating for migraine headaches and service connection for oral cancer were remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for oral cancer/facial skin cancer and an initial compensable rating for actinic keratosis due to inadequate medical opinions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings and remanded additional issues related to oral cancer and larynx cancer.
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