The veteran's cause of death, chondrosarcoma, may be related to his service-connected osteoarthritis of the spine. The VA needs to obtain medical records from SSA and provide a VA medical opinion on whether the veteran's conditions are related to his military service.
The deciding factor: A VA medical opinion is needed to determine if the veteran's chondrosarcoma could be related to his service-connected osteoarthritis of the spine or any other incident of service.
- Claimed conditions
- chondrosarcoma, osteoarthritis of the spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2007
- Citation
- 0715522
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed because the Board Appeal request was not timely filed within one year of the rating decision, and no good cause for extension was presented.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for chondrosarcoma, finding that there is no evidence of a link between his current condition and his military service, including exposure to herbicides or asbestos.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for chondrosarcoma, finding that his condition is etiologically related to his active-duty service and resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for chondrosarcoma, finding that there is no current diagnosis of this condition.
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