The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's throat cancer and its relation to service.
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for a medical opinion addressing both the contaminated water exposure at Camp Lejeune and herbicide agent exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- squamous cell cancer of the tongue
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19175764
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 squamous cell cancer of the tongue, finding it to be due to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for squamous cell cancer of the tongue, as due to exposure to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a medical opinion addressing whether the Veteran's left eye condition is related to service, as it found that the condition did not preexist service.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for prostate cancer, related to in-service exposures at Camp Lejeune.
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