The Board has remanded the veteran's claims for service connection for cancer of the tongue and throat, both claimed as due to herbicide exposure. The RO is instructed to obtain SSA records and any additional evidence from the veteran before readjudicating the claims.
The deciding factor: The appeal involves a claim for service connection based on herbicide exposure, but no specific theory of service connection (such as PACT Act, Agent Orange, Camp Lejeune) was provided in the decision.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the tongue, cancer of the throat
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2006
- Citation
- 0627448
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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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- Denied
The Veteran's cancer of the tongue was not present during service or for many years thereafter, and was not caused by any incident of service including Agent Orange exposure.
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