The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining medical records and providing the Veteran with a VA examination to assess his service-connected lung cancer and residual scarring.
The deciding factor: The decision requires further evidence and evaluation due to the need for updated medical assessments of the Veteran's conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- large cell lung cancer, residual scarring, status post left upper lobectomy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2013
- Citation
- 1303982
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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 the claim for service connection for cause of death, finding that the Veteran's lung cancer was not related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that further development is needed to determine the Veteran's exposure to radiation and herbicide agents, which could impact his cause of death claim. The case is being remanded for this purpose.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for cause of death and granted it, finding that new evidence supports a reopening of the claim due to herbicide exposure during service. The Veteran's cause of death was large cell lung cancer.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has ordered a remand to determine if the Veteran was exposed to environmental and chemical hazards while stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama. If exposure is found, a medical opinion will be obtained to assess whether such exposure caused his lung cancer.
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