The Board has remanded the case due to uncertainty about whether the Veteran served in the territorial sea of Vietnam and for a medical opinion regarding the cause of death.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional verification and evaluation related to the Veteran's service exposure and cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic cancer, thrombus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19133099
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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- Denied
The Veteran's cause of death, cardio-respiratory failure with metastatic cancer, is not service connected as there is no evidence linking the cause of death to his active service or any service-connected conditions.
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