The Board has remanded the case to obtain a medical opinion regarding whether any service-connected conditions contributed to the Veteran's death from penile cancer.
The deciding factor: A VA medical opinion is needed to determine if any service-connected conditions caused or contributed to the Veteran's death from penile cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- penile cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2011
- Citation
- 1116459
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for coronary atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, and penile cancer as there was no evidence of a medical nexus between the Veteran's conditions and his military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's penile cancer, finding that it is related to active duty service and not due to any in-service injury or event.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for multiple myeloma and right ear hearing loss. The issues of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, penile cancer, and pulmonary fibrosis are remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claim for service connection for penile cancer, including as due to herbicide agent exposure and secondary to service-connected prostate cancer. The case is now pending further development.
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