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 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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