The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including a review of medical records and an opinion from a VA examiner regarding the relationship between the veteran's exposure to Agent Orange in service and his metastatic appendiceal cancer.
The deciding factor: The appeal is being held in abeyance until the first question (service connection) is resolved.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic appendiceal cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 20, 2006
- Citation
- 0635939
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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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