The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient information regarding whether a service-connected condition caused or contributed to the Veteran's death. The appellant is seeking service connection for cause of death, and additional development is needed.
The deciding factor: The VA needs to clarify the basis for the physician’s opinion on contributing factors in the Veteran's death.
- Claimed conditions
- Acute leukemia, Prostate cancer, Stroke residuals, Chronic kidney disease, Seizure disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2018
- Citation
- 18150123
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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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