The Board has remanded the DIC claim due to insufficient reasoning in a previous VA opinion regarding whether VA care or negligence caused or worsened the Veteran's fatal gallbladder cancer.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided only factual recitation without explaining why these facts warranted the conclusion reached, necessitating further opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19192783
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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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