The Board has determined that a medical opinion is needed to determine the etiology of the Veteran's cause of death and whether it was incurred in or aggravated by active service, including as a result of herbicide exposure. The DIC claim is also remanded due to incomplete records.
The deciding factor: Incomplete records and need for additional development are preventing a determination on the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- astrocytoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1005647
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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
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