The Board has remanded the cases for further development regarding the Veteran's service connection claims, including his assertions of exposure to hazardous chemicals during service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran raised a new theory of entitlement based on exposure to hazardous chemicals in-service, which requires additional development and an opinion from a VA examiner.
- Claimed conditions
- metastatic bone cancer (pelvis, right scapula and lateral right rib), metastatic bone cancer (prostate gland), metastatic lymph node cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20030308
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's prostate cancer, metastatic bone cancer, and metastatic lymph node cancer are all granted service connection for purposes of accrued benefits.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for esophageal cancer, metastatic liver cancer, metastatic lymph node cancer, and the cause of the Veteran's death due to insufficient reasons provided in the original decision. The case is now pending with a request for an addendum VA medical opinion regarding whether the esophageal cancer was related to service, including presumed exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for prostate cancer, metastatic rib cage and lymph node cancer, and metastatic rib cage and lymph node cancer claimed as secondary to prostate cancer due to exposure at Camp Lejeune. The evidence did not support a link between the Veteran's exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune and his prostate cancer.
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