The Board has remanded the case for further development, including obtaining an opinion on whether the veteran's lung cancer is related to his military service due to asbestos exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA must determine if there was evidence of asbestos exposure in service and assess the relationship between the veteran's asbestos exposure and his claimed disease.
- Claimed conditions
- probable lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 28, 2005
- Citation
- 0520398
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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
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