The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the cause of the Veteran's death.
The deciding factor: A new VA medical opinion is needed to determine whether any in-service event, injury or disease caused or contributed to the Veteran’s anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid.
- Claimed conditions
- anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20001853
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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