The Board has remanded the case for further development due to incomplete service records and a request for additional evidence.
The deciding factor: Further development is required as there are missing service treatment records that need to be obtained before an accurate determination can be made regarding the Veteran's cause of death and pension benefits.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal tumor
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2012
- Citation
- 1238711
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's niece is not eligible to pursue service connection for the cause of his death. The hernia and abdominal tumor claims are remanded, as well as the claim for burial benefits.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's cause of death was not service-connected.,The Appellant is not eligible for non-service-connected death pension benefits.
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