The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation for residuals of colon cancer due to radiation exposure is being remanded for additional development.
The deciding factor: The RO failed to provide a development letter consistent with the requirements of the VCAA, which requires providing one year for response and identifying evidence to substantiate claims.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of colon cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2003
- Citation
- 0313953
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for residuals of pacemaker installation, which is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected atrial fibrillation. The claim for service connection for residuals of colon cancer was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for colon cancer and kidney cancer due to a lack of compliance with its previous remand directives.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for service connection for coronary arteriosclerosis, colon cancer, and diabetes mellitus type II due to inadequate medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hypertension and a compensable rating for residuals of colon cancer due to insufficient evidence supporting the claims.
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