The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate opinions regarding whether the Veteran's bladder cancer is secondary to her service-connected hepatitis C, tender right ovary, and/or left cystic mastitis.
The deciding factor: The Court found that the previous opinions were inadequate and did not provide sufficient rationale for their conclusions.
- Claimed conditions
- bladder cancer, hepatitis C, tender right ovary, left cystic mastitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19131658
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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- Partly granted
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- Granted
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