The Veteran's claims for service connection for meralgia paresthetica of the right thigh and urethral cancer are being remanded due to the need for additional development, including medical opinions on the nature and etiology of these conditions.
The deciding factor: Additional evidence is required to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's meralgia paresthetica and urethral cancer, as well as their relationship to service.
- Claimed conditions
- meralgia paresthetica, right thigh, urethral cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 15, 2009
- Citation
- 0914007
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to issues regarding the Veteran's prostate cancer and urethral cancer, including whether these conditions are secondary to his service-connected prostate cancer.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that further development is needed for the Veteran's skin disease and meralgia paresthetica, right thigh claims due to a lack of recent VA examinations. The Veteran was last examined in November 2016, over four years ago.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate examination reports and a need for further medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's right kidney cancer and his service, including presumed herbicide exposure.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's urethral cancer is now service-connected, and the cause of his death was also service-connected.,Burial benefits are granted due to expenses incurred by the appellant.
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