The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for lung cancer and throat cancer due to exposure to herbicide agents, jet fuel, TCE, VOCs, asbestos, and other potential exposures. The VA will verify these exposures and obtain medical opinions on their relationship to the cancers.
The deciding factor: The Board found insufficient evidence to verify all of the Veteran's reported in-service exposures, leading to remand for further development.
- Claimed conditions
- lung cancer, throat cancer
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2021
- Citation
- 21027212
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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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