The Board has remanded the case to the RO for additional development and examination, including obtaining updated medical records and arranging for a VA examination.
The deciding factor: The appeal is being remanded due to the need for further clarification of the veteran's claims based on recent legal developments and the need for additional evidence and medical evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- sarcoma, gastrointestinal (GI) problems
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 4, 2008
- Citation
- 0818401
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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.
- Denied
The Board found that new and relevant evidence had not been received to support the veteran's claims for service connection for melanoma, sarcoma, basal cell carcinoma, COPD, and sinusitis.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, as the Veteran was not rated continuously totally disabled for at least ten years immediately preceding his death.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for gastrointestinal problems as the evidence did not support a current disability and there was no link to in-service events.
- Partly granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for hypertension was granted due to presumed exposure to herbicide agents during service in Vietnam under the PACT Act. The claim for sarcoma was remanded for further evaluation.
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