The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's metastatic brain tumor, which is related to his in-service exposure to Agent Orange. The VA examiner did not address a treatment note from less than a week before the separation examination that mentioned severe headaches.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner failed to consider the January 13, 1972 service treatment note mentioning severe headache and the lack of contemporaneous diagnostic imaging for brain tumor.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic brain tumor
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19156161
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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.
What you can do next
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