The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for mesothelioma with residuals of lung cancer and pleura surgery should be remanded due to a lack of information from Social Security Administration (SSA).
The deciding factor: The decision is based on the need for additional records from SSA.
- Claimed conditions
- mesothelioma, residuals of lung cancer, pleura surgery
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2020
- Citation
- A20015813
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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection and TDIU due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error regarding SSA records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for residuals of lung cancer due to inadequate medical opinions regarding the relationship between in-service asbestos exposure and the development of lung cancer.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for lung condition, to include asthma, COPD, emphysema, asbestosis, and mesothelioma.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for bilateral hearing loss and adjustment disorder, but denied service connection for mesothelioma.
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