The Board has ordered additional development to obtain records related to the Veteran's forehead tumor, which may be relevant to his cause of death claim. The case will be remanded for further action.
The deciding factor: Additional information regarding a previous forehead tumor is needed to fully evaluate the Veteran's cause of death claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Forehead tumor, Brain tumors
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1019770
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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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