The Board has ordered additional development to determine the cause of death and whether lung cancer is a separate disease from renal/kidney cancer or if it metastasized from renal/kidney cancer. The Veteran's cause of death will be determined, as well as any contributing conditions.
The deciding factor: An additional medical opinion is needed to clarify whether lung cancer was a separate disease from renal/kidney cancer or if it metastasized from renal/kidney cancer and to determine its relationship to service on a direct basis.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic cancer, renal/kidney cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2015
- Citation
- 1545465
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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.
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