The Board has remanded the case for further action due to incomplete records and the need to develop the claim for head and neck cancer, including diagnosed thyroid cancer.
The deciding factor: The appeal is remanded because of incomplete records and the need to clarify whether the Veteran's claim includes his diagnosed thyroid cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- head and neck cancer, papillary thyroid carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2017
- Citation
- 1712490
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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
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