The veteran's squamous cell carcinoma, unknown primary site of the head and neck is being remanded for additional development to determine if it is related to his herbicide exposure in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is needed from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) to clarify the exact location and etiology of the veteran's cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell carcinoma, unknown primary site of the head and neck
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0624613
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Decisions by this judge: 2,699 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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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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