The Board has ordered additional development to determine if the Veteran's kidney cancer is related to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The case will be returned for further review.
The deciding factor: Additional medical records are needed to clarify the nature of the Veteran's condition and its relationship to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral kidney cancer, renal cysts
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2014
- Citation
- 1456259
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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.
- Partly granted
The Veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities from July 15, 2014 to June 12, 2019. Service connection for renal cysts and other conditions was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for payment or reimbursement of non-VA medical care related to ovarian cancer, thyroid cancer, stroke, brain aneurysm, migraines, renal cysts, and gallbladder removal under the Camp Lejeune Family Member Program due to a lack of adequate notice and development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for diabetes mellitus type II, chronic kidney disease, and renal cysts as the evidence did not support a direct link between these conditions and the Veteran's presumed exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of renal cysts due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and conflicting reports from the VA examiner.
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