The Board has denied service connection for residuals of colon cancer and Barrett’s esophagus, finding that these conditions were not incurred in or related to the Veteran's military service. The lung cancer and cause of death claims are being remanded due to potential secondary nexus.
The deciding factor: The July 2019 VA examiner concluded there was no causal relationship between the Veteran's exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune and his claimed conditions, including colon cancer residuals and Barrett’s esophagus.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of colon cancer, Barrett’s esophagus
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20058105
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of colon cancer should be remanded due to a lack of a VA examination and etiology opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for residuals of pacemaker installation, which is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected atrial fibrillation. The claim for service connection for residuals of colon cancer was denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issues of entitlement to service connection for colon cancer and kidney cancer due to a lack of compliance with its previous remand directives.
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