The Board has remanded the claim of entitlement to service connection for pancreatic cancer as secondary to service-connected disabilities due to inadequate development and need for a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed, including obtaining a retrospective VA examiner's medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran’s pancreatic cancer was caused or aggravated by his prescribed medications for service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- pancreatic cancer, psoriasis vulgaris scalp, trunk, extremities and face, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), coronary artery disease with post myocardial infraction (MI) and post-operative stent placement, status post of joint mice left knee with psoriatic arthritis secondary to psoriasis vulgaris, psoriatic arthritis of the left hand, left wrist, right wrist, right hand, right knee, left ankle, right ankle all secondary to psoriasis vulgaris, peripheral neuropathy of the left upper extremity due to psoriatic arthritis, peripheral neuropathy of the right upper extremity due to psoriatic arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2018
- Citation
- 18142934
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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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