The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and a medical opinion regarding the cause of death.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need to provide proper VCAA notice and obtain necessary medical opinions to address the issues raised in the appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2010
- Citation
- 1005882
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's income was above the maximum annual pension rate, denying survivor's pension.,There is no indication that any of the Veteran's conditions are related to service, thus denying DIC benefits.,VA did not owe the Veteran any periodic monetary benefits at the time of his death, denying accrued benefits.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's acute lymphoblastic leukemia is at least as likely as not related to his in-service exposure to radiation, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error regarding the cause of death and whether acute lymphoblastic leukemia was caused by exposure to herbicide agents in service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded both the DIC benefits pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1151 and service connection for the cause of death claims due to insufficient medical opinions addressing the appellant's contentions regarding timely diagnosis and treatment of the Veteran’s UTI, sepsis, and other conditions.
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