The Board is requesting additional medical evidence to determine if the veteran's liposarcoma, which was present during service, may be related to his death.
The deciding factor: The Board needs further medical opinion regarding the relationship between the veteran's liposarcoma and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- liposarcoma
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0635067
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for liposarcoma and its residuals, as well as entitlement to a total disability due to individual unemployability (TDIU), resolving all doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for liposarcoma, finding that the Veteran's condition was incurred due to toxic exposure risk activities during his service.
- Partly granted
The Board granted the application to reopen claims for service connection for liposarcoma and sleep apnea, but remanded other claims including left axillary mass, GERD, and sleep apnea.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to inextricably intertwined issues and additional development is needed, including obtaining deck logs from USS Forrestal (CV-59) and a VA opinion regarding the relationship between liposarcoma and exposure to jet fuels.
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