The Board has remanded the claims for further development due to incomplete medical opinions and additional development is required.
The deciding factor: Incomplete medical opinions were obtained, necessitating further development with an independent medical expert in oncology.
- Claimed conditions
- right arm skin cancer, left arm skin cancer, left upper extremity numbness, left lower extremity numbness, right lower extremity numbness
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20077940
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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
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