The Board has remanded the case for further development to determine whether Merkel cell carcinoma is a 'soft-tissue sarcoma' and if the Veteran's cardio-pulmonary event was caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes disability.
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is needed to determine the tumor type of the Veteran's cancer and its relation to presumptive service connection, as well as whether the Veteran's cardiovascular condition was caused or aggravated by his service-connected diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic small cell/merkel cell cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1046875
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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.
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