The Board has ordered additional development to determine the primary site of the veteran's death-causing liver cancer and whether it is among the diseases listed in 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(e) due to Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: Further examination by an oncologist or forensic pathologist is needed to determine the likely primary site of the veteran's death-causing liver cancer, and whether it falls under the diseases listed in 38 C.F.R. § 3.309(e) due to Agent Orange exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver metastasis, Adenocarcinoma of unknown primary
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 17, 2007
- Citation
- 0725649
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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
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The appeal for service connection for cause of the Veteran’s death has been dismissed as the appellant withdrew her appeal.
- Denied
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's death was caused by a disability of service origin, and thus grants service connection for the cause of his death.
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