The Board is remanding the case to determine if the Veteran's T-cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia (PLL) was related to his military service or any incident therein, including herbicide exposure. The cause of death was intracranial hemorrhage resulting from T-cell PLL.
The deciding factor: The Board is unable to definitively state whether the Veteran's T-cell PLL was caused by events during his military service or any incident therein, including herbicide exposure, due to insufficient evidence in the record.
- Claimed conditions
- T-cell Prolymphocytic Leukemia (PLL)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2014
- Citation
- 1402022
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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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