The Board has determined that the Veteran's claims for service connection for bladder cancer, colon cancer, and skin cancer due to radiation exposure should be remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The case must be again referred to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for a dose estimate based on the Veteran's location aboard the USS Guam during the atomic detonations in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and thereafter, refer the Veteran's claims folder to VA's Under Secretary for Benefits for complete development in accordance with 38 C.F.R. § 3.311.
- Claimed conditions
- bladder cancer, colon cancer, skin cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1021935
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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.
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- Denied
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- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bladder cancer, finding it to be related to the Veteran's in-service herbicide exposure.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of colon cancer, claimed as due to exposure to asbestos, for an addendum opinion considering additional evidence.
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