The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional medical development, including obtaining clinical records from providers who treated the Veteran in the year prior to his death and addressing whether lymphoid leukemia contributed to the cause of death.
The deciding factor: Additional medical evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran's service-connected lymphoid leukemia caused or contributed to his death from acute cardiovascular insufficiency due to atherosclerotic heart disease.
- Claimed conditions
- lymphoid leukemia, acute cardiovascular insufficiency due to atherosclerotic heart disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 10, 2010
- Citation
- 1034127
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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.
- Granted
The Veteran's lymphoid leukemia is granted as service connected due to exposure to carcinogens during active duty.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's lymphoid leukemia was not incurred in or aggravated by service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service. The preponderance of evidence is against finding a link between the Veteran's active military service and his lymphoid leukemia.
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