The Board has remanded the case for a VA medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's cause of death and service-connected conditions are related. The focus is on determining if the metastatic renal carcinoma was caused by Agent Orange exposure, if chronic renal failure aggravated diabetes mellitus, and if these conditions contributed to the Veteran's overall health.
The deciding factor: The Board found insufficient evidence to determine causation without a VA medical opinion due to conflicting theories of entitlement.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic renal carcinoma, chronic renal failure, type II diabetes mellitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18114595
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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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