The Veteran's renal cancer status post right nephrectomy and rectal cancer with residuals are being remanded for further development, including obtaining updated VA treatment records and arranging for a VA clinician to provide opinions on the relationship of these conditions to his service, herbicide exposure, and diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's renal and rectal cancers may be related to in-service herbicide exposure or service-connected diabetes mellitus, but further development is needed to determine this.
- Claimed conditions
- Renal Cancer status post right nephrectomy, Rectal cancer with residuals
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Burn pits / airborne hazards
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20002221
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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.
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