The Veteran's squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, unknown primary site is being remanded for further development to obtain tissue slides from pathology reports. The claim will be reconsidered based on the evidence obtained.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to obtain necessary medical records to determine if service connection can be established.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer of the head and neck, unknown primary site
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2011
- Citation
- 1138859
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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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