The Board has remanded the case to obtain a medical opinion regarding whether in-service asbestos exposure caused or contributed to the veteran's death. The appellant must provide additional information and/or evidence, including any pertinent records.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to obtain a medical opinion on the relationship between in-service asbestos exposure and the cause of the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 7, 2006
- Citation
- 0628025
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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.
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