The Veteran's cause of death is remanded for a medical opinion regarding the relationship between his glioblastoma and herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence is needed to determine if the Veteran’s glioblastoma was related to in-service herbicide agent exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- cardiac arrest, seizure, brain edema, glioblastoma multiforme
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19174573
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of death, determining that it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's fatal conditions were caused by his military service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, glioblastoma multiforme, due to presumed exposure to herbicides during active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an earlier effective date for service connection, special monthly compensation, and Dependents' Educational Assistance due to a need for additional evidence regarding the etiology of glioblastoma multiforme.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, which was presumed to have resulted from his service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Gulf War period due to glioblastoma.
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