The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a supplemental opinion from the VA examiner who conducted the November 2009 examination.
The deciding factor: The Board found that further development is necessary due to the need for a supplemental opinion regarding the Veteran's diagnoses and etiology of his cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell carcinoma of the hands and fingers, malignant granular cell tumors of the hands and fingers
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2010
- Citation
- 1020512
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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 squamous cell carcinoma of the hands and fingers was not incurred in or aggravated by service, including exposure to herbicide agents. The Board finds that the evidence does not support a finding of service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a VA examination to determine if the Veteran's squamous cell carcinoma is attributable to exposure to Agent Orange in service and whether he has soft-tissue sarcoma specifically malignant granular cell tumors of the hands and fingers.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
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