The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the relationship between the Veteran's prostate cancer and exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune. The Veteran provided documentation suggesting a link, but an additional medical opinion is needed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that another medical opinion was necessary to address the morbidity study and the November 2019 physician’s statement regarding the relationship between prostate cancer residuals and service exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of prostate cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2020
- Citation
- 20005517
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of prostate cancer, finding no evidence that the Veteran's condition was related to his active military service or exposure to ionizing radiation.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for kidney cancer as secondary to the service-connected hypertension and granted a total rating based on individual employability due to service-connected disabilities from March 19, 2024. Other claims were denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of residuals of prostate cancer to ensure that the case is forwarded to the Under Secretary for Benefits for consideration under 38 C.F.R. § 3.311.
- Granted
The Board granted presumptive service connection for residuals of prostate cancer under the PACT Act due to the Veteran's presumed exposure to burn pit toxins during his service in Kuwait.
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