The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete records and a need for further medical opinion regarding his cancer diagnoses. The issues are related to exposure at Camp Lejeune.
The deciding factor: Further medical evaluation is needed to determine if the Veteran’s cancers are related to his military service, specifically his exposure to contaminants in the water supply at Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- cancer relating to the head and neck, lymphatic cancer, brain cancer, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, squamous cell cancer of the floor of the mouth, head and neck cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2018
- Citation
- 18141472
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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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