The Board has remanded the case for further verification of the Veteran's alleged herbicide exposure and to readjudicate the claim based on this information.
The deciding factor: The RO was unable to verify the Veteran's claimed herbicide exposure due to lack of evidence in the DOD list or M21-1MR Korean DMZ list, leading to a remand for further research by the U.S. Army and Joint Services Records Research Center (JSRRC).
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1016117
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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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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, related to in-service exposures at Camp Lejeune.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of service connection for prostate cancer to obtain an addendum opinion addressing the Veteran's toxic exposure risk activities.
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