The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for bladder cancer, prostate cancer, and hearing loss for accrued benefits purposes. Additionally, the cause of death claim is also being remanded due to insufficient evidence linking the Veteran's bladder cancer to Agent Orange exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinion did not account for recent findings by the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine regarding a possible association between Agent Orange exposure and bladder cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- Bladder Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Hearing Loss
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 11, 2018
- Citation
- 18141673
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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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