The Board has decided that the Veteran's claims for service connection for prostatic adenocarcinoma and bladder disability are remanded due to insufficient evidence. The effective date of any future grant of service connection will be determined based on when the claim was received.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there is not enough evidence to determine if the Veteran's bladder disabilities are related to his in-service exposure, as no opinion has been provided regarding this relationship.
- Claimed conditions
- prostatic adenocarcinoma, bladder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19162395
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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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