The Board is remanding the case to obtain additional medical records and provide a VA opinion regarding whether the Veteran's service-connected ischemic heart disease contributed to his death, and if his exposure to herbicides in Vietnam is etiologically related to his neuroendocrine cancer.
The deciding factor: The Board needs more information about the Veteran's treatment and any potential links between his conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiopulmonary arrest, neuroendocrine cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19122025
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Decisions by this judge: 2,642 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to obtain a medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's death was linked to his service, including exposure to Agent Orange.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for the cause of his death, finding that there was no evidence linking any of the immediate or contributing causes of his death to his period of active duty service. The Board also found that the PACT Act did not apply in this case as the Veteran served prior to the period when herbicide agents were presumed used.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection due to a failure to adequately develop the Veteran's exposure allegations and because VA examinations are needed.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and potential errors in decision-making. The Veteran's conditions are presumed related to Agent Orange exposure, but a VA opinion is needed to address this claim.
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