The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate medical opinions regarding whether the Veteran's breast cancer is related to her service-connected conditions and exposure. The Veteran needs to provide additional evidence, including updated VA treatment records.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded because the provided medical opinions were insufficient to address the Veteran's claims for secondary service connection and aggravation by service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- breast cancer, residuals of bilateral mastectomy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2020
- Citation
- 20068547
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 the veteran's claims for increased ratings and service connection, as well as remanded several other claims for further development.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew her appeal for service connection for breast cancer, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review this matter.
- Dismissed
The Veteran requested the withdrawal of all issues currently on appeal, and the Board dismissed the appeals.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for breast cancer, finding that the evidence did not support a link between her condition and her military service.
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