The veteran seeks compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for additional disability due to VA's alleged failure to diagnose and treat a carcinoid tumor of the small bowel in a timely manner.
The deciding factor: VA failed to diagnose and/or treat the veteran's preexisting carcinoid tumor of the small bowel, which resulted in additional disability.
- Claimed conditions
- carcinoid tumor of the small bowel
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 21, 2006
- Citation
- 0611493
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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
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a carcinoid tumor of the small bowel with metastasis to the liver and lung, finding that there was no persuasive medical evidence linking his condition to his military service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for carcinoid tumor of the small bowel, finding that it is not related to presumed in-service exposure to herbicide agents and is not caused or aggravated by service-connected prostate cancer.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claim for service connection for carcinoid tumor of the small bowel due to exposure to herbicide agents and/or as secondary to service-connected prostate cancer, requesting an addendum opinion from a VA examiner.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for carcinoid tumor of the small bowel, finding no causal relationship to in-service herbicide exposure or service-connected prostate cancer.
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