The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate radiation dose assessment and a need for a medical opinion regarding the Veteran's exposure to radiation during service, which may be related to his cause of death.
The deciding factor: The radiation dose assessment is outdated and needs to be updated to reflect the time period when the Veteran was stationed at Eniwetok Atoll in the 1950s.
- Claimed conditions
- MDS
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Ionizing radiation
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 30, 2019
- Citation
- 19141515
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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.
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