The appeal is remanded to the RO for issuance of a Statement of the Case on the issue of entitlement to an effective date earlier than April 22, 2002, for the award of service connection for skin cancer, multiple locations.
The deciding factor: The claim for bone cancer cannot be considered separately as it is secondary to the skin cancer which has its own effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- bone cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2009
- Citation
- 0905426
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Decisions by this judge: 1,987 · Granted: 15% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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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
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases of prostate cancer and bone cancer for further review due to inadequate medical opinions regarding service connection.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the appellant's claims for accrued benefits due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between the Veteran's cancers and his service-connected disabilities, specifically gastritis with hyperacidity and coronary artery disease. The VA is required to obtain medical opinions on the nature and etiology of the Veteran's right kidney cancer, stomach cancer, and bone cancer.
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