The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to incomplete verification of his participation in Project SHAD and potential exposure to asbestos and/or nuclear radiation. The claims are also being remanded for additional VA medical opinions regarding the relationship between the claimed conditions and military service.
The deciding factor: Incomplete verification of the Veteran’s participation in Project SHAD and potential exposure to asbestos and/or nuclear radiation requires further development.
- Claimed conditions
- recurrent tumors of the right ear, brain tumors, lung tumor, melanoma of the left cheek, nose, and right ear
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2019
- Citation
- 19197006
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
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