The appellant is seeking service connection for lung cancer and prostate cancer, which he claims are related to exposure to carbon tetrachloride and trichloroethylene during his military service. The VA has ordered additional development of the claim, including obtaining Social Security Administration records and an opinion on whether the prostate cancer is related to in-service exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to obtain relevant medical records and provide a medical opinion regarding the relationship between the appellant's prostate cancer and in-service exposure to carbon tetrachloride and trichloroethylene.
- Claimed conditions
- lung cancer, prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2004
- Citation
- 0418739
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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.
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, related to in-service exposures at Camp Lejeune.
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