The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between the Veteran's hepatitis C and his death. The examiner is requested to provide an opinion on whether the hepatitis C was related to service, if it was the immediate or underlying cause of death, or contributed substantially to the death.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there are insufficient medical opinions to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's hepatitis C and its relationship to his death.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis C, carcinoma
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192490
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to an initial compensable disability rating for service-connected hepatitis C due to an inadequate VA examination and medical opinions.
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