The Board has remanded the claims for bladder cancer, pancreatic cancer, and renal cell carcinoma due to herbicide agent exposure. The Veteran's exposure is undisputed, but there is a question of whether his cancers are related to service.
The deciding factor: The claim was previously denied based on insufficient evidence linking the cancers to herbicide agent exposure, but new evidence has been submitted that may support the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bladder cancer, renal cell carcinoma, pancreatic cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19101290
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for pancreatic cancer as there was no evidence of a nexus between the in-service toxic exposure and the current condition.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for bladder cancer, finding it to be related to the Veteran's in-service herbicide exposure.
- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 12, 2023, for a 50 percent evaluation of bipolar disorder and remanded the other issues for further development.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, bladder cancer, due to in-service exposure to ionizing radiation.
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