The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient development of the claim for service connection for cause of death, including a dose estimate from the Under Secretary for Health and review by the Under Secretary for Benefits.
The deciding factor: Development is required under 38 C.F.R. § 3.311(a)(2)(iii) due to exposure to ionizing radiation during service.
- Claimed conditions
- paraneoplastic syndrome, metastatic carcinoma, metastatic to the nodes and biliary system
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1028591
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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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