The Board has determined that further development of the medical evidence is needed to determine if there was lung cancer and whether it caused or contributed to the veteran's death. The case will be remanded for this purpose.
The deciding factor: Further review of the medical records, including slides from pathology reports, is required to assess the nature of any abnormalities found in the veteran's lungs.
- Claimed conditions
- Adenocarcinoma of the lungs
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2007
- Citation
- 0730723
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including locating personnel records and determining if the veteran served in Vietnam or Korea.
- Denied
The VA physician determined that the veteran's disability for which he was receiving compensation benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 did not contribute to his death, and thus denied the claim.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the cause of the veteran's death, adenocarcinoma of the lungs, was not incurred in or aggravated by wartime service and is not presumed to have been incurred during such service. The Board also found no evidence linking the lung cancer to any inservice exposure to asbestos.
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