The Board remands the claim for additional development, including obtaining a VA examination to determine the primary site of and likely etiology of the claimed metastatic cancers.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not clearly identify a primary site, making it impossible to determine if the cancer is associated with herbicide exposure under current regulations.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic carcinoid cancer of the liver, kidney, intestines, lung, and pancreas
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0901024
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.
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