The Board has reopened the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, but the case is REMANDED to obtain a VA medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's cause of death.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been submitted, but further development is needed to determine the etiology of the Veteran's cause of death due to asbestos exposure in service.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon, pleural plaques with calcification
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2015
- Citation
- 1524303
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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 Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's cause of death was misdiagnosed and if he had soft tissue sarcoma instead. The RO is instructed to obtain an addendum medical opinion on these issues.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's cause of death, metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon, was not service connected as due to exposure to herbicide agents in Vietnam or secondary to a previously service-connected condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for the cause of death due to metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon, finding that there was no evidence linking it to service-connected disabilities or presumed exposure to Agent Orange.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the cause of death and the potential impact of herbicide exposure on the Veteran's condition.
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