The Board has remanded the claims for service connection and compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 due to incomplete records and need for a medical opinion regarding causation.
The deciding factor: Incomplete VA treatment records and need for an opinion on whether the Veteran's adenocarcinoma of the rectum was caused or worsened by VA treatment are identified as reasons for remanding the case.
- Claimed conditions
- adenocarcinoma of the rectum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19101547
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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for adenocarcinoma of the rectum, resolving any reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a December 17, 2020, effective date for the grant of service connection and a 30 percent rating for unstable scars s/p adenocarcinoma of the rectum.
- Granted
The Board granted compensation pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for adenocarcinoma of the rectum and service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, as the evidence supports that VA failed to timely diagnose and treat the disease, which proximately caused its continuance.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for adenocarcinoma of the rectum, finding that it was not incurred in or related to his active duty service.
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