The Veteran's claim for service connection for laryngeal cancer as due to Agent Orange exposure is being remanded for further development, including obtaining information about the Veteran's alleged in-service exposure to Agent Orange and his time spent on foot in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to verify the Veteran's claimed in-service exposure to Agent Orange and his presence on foot in Vietnam during the presumptive period.
- Claimed conditions
- laryngeal cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1023271
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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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for laryngeal cancer and lung cancer, finding that the evidence does not support a link between these conditions and his active duty service.
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