The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for vocal cord cancer should be remanded due to a lack of medical evidence linking his condition to service, specifically exposure to nuclear materials. The case will need to be reviewed again with an examination and opinion from a VA examiner.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner is needed to provide an etiological opinion regarding the Veteran's vocal cord cancer and whether it is at least as likely as not related to service, including exposure to nuclear materials.
- Claimed conditions
- vocal cord cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 3, 2018
- Citation
- 1827101
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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.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's heart disorder was not incurred in service and is not presumed to have been incurred in service.,For the entire appeal period, ankylosis of the thoracolumbar spine or intervertebral disc syndrome with incapacitating episodes are not shown nor were they diagnosed.,Voiding dysfunction at most is manifested by nocturia occurring three to four times per night and daytime voiding between two to three hours.,There is no treatment for an active recurrence of vocal cord cancer during the appeal period, and there is no evidence of residuals of vocal cord cancer to include treatment therefor.,The service-connected adjustment disorder does not more nearly approximate occupational and social impairment.,The Veteran meets the schedular requirement for TDIU due to his service-connected disabilities for the entire appeal period.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's esophagus stricture and remanded a claim for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The veteran's appeal requests for service connection for vocal cord cancer, dementia, neck cancer, and COPD were dismissed as untimely.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a left knee, right knee, left ankle, right ankle, back, and tinnitus disabilities. Service connection was also granted for prostate cancer and vocal cord cancer due to exposure to jet fuel, fumes, and smoke. An acquired psychiatric disorder was granted as secondary to the Veteran's orthopedic conditions.
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