The Board has remanded the case due to new evidence received, and will consider whether service connection for the cause of the veteran's death can be granted based on exposure to ionizing radiation during service.
The deciding factor: New evidence indicates possible exposure to ionizing radiation during service which may support a claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic prostate cancer, bone cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 7, 2008
- Citation
- 0822227
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for prostate cancer, bone cancer, and lymph node cancer has been granted. The prostate cancer is presumed due to herbicide agent exposure during service at RTAFB Takhli. Bone cancer is secondary to the service-connected prostate cancer. Lymph node cancer is also considered secondary to prostate cancer.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the Servicemember's cause of death, including ALS, myasthenia gravis, and metastatic prostate cancer, as they were not incurred during or related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims of entitlement to dependency and indemnity compensation for service connection for metastatic prostate cancer, as well as the claim for service connection for cause of death due to a duty to assist error. The remand is necessary because the VA examiner did not address whether the Veteran's TCE exposure during service was related to his prostate cancer.
- Denied
The Veteran's bone cancer claim is denied because there is no current disability. Service connection for myeloma with myelodysplastic syndrome (claimed as leukemia) has been granted.
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