The Board has remanded for additional development due to the need for an addendum opinion regarding liver conditions other than liver cancer.
The deciding factor: The examiner needs to determine if the Veteran's cirrhosis of the liver is related to service and not overlapping with his service-connected liver cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- Cirrhosis of the liver
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20065497
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 due to a need for additional evidence, specifically the Veteran's complete service treatment records and service personnel records.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a liver disorder, to include liver cancer as secondary to exposure to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, and other than cirrhosis of the liver and hepatitis C.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including facial injury with six teeth missing, sinus disability, right eye injury, traumatic brain injury (TBI), bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, acquired psychiatric disability, cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes mellitus type II, and cause of death, as well as Dependency and Indemnity Compensation (DIC) benefits under 38 U.S.C. § 1318, to the AOJ for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for heart conditions, cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes, peripheral neuropathy in the left foot, and a left ankle condition as there was no evidence that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active duty.
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