The Board has determined that the case must be referred to VA's Under Secretary for Benefits due to a potential radiation exposure claim. The appellant is seeking service connection for prostate cancer with metastasis to the bone, which she contends was caused by ionizing radiation exposure during military service.
The deciding factor: VA's Undersecretary for Benefits will review and consider the case based on the Veteran's alleged exposure to ionizing radiation during his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate cancer with metastasis to the bone
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2011
- Citation
- 1110700
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer with metastasis to the bone, finding that it was not related to any disease, injury, or event during service, including exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the cause of death and negligence in treatment. The Veteran's cause of death is being reviewed for potential service connection under new evidence.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that there are issues related to when the prostate cancer with metastasis to the bone became manifest after service and was not manifest to a compensable degree as specified in 38 C.F.R. § 3.307 or 38 C.F.R. § 3.309, and has therefore remanded the case for further development.
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