The Board denied reopening the claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence did not provide a medical nexus between the veteran's cause of death (cancer) and his service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic colon carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0126583
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the case to determine if the Veteran's cause of death (colon cancer) was related to service or a service-connected disability, including presumed exposure to herbicide agents and reported exposure to strange dust following hemorrhoid procedure.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for a medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's lung cancer was a primary site, if service-connected hemorrhoids were a contributory cause of death, and if any cancer had its onset or was otherwise related to service, including presumed exposure to herbicides.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that there was no evidence showing a service-connected disability caused or contributed to the Veteran's death. The appellant submitted new and material evidence but it did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
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