The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the Veteran's prostate condition and its relationship to service, including his in-service symptoms and herbicide exposure. The RO must obtain a full examination and opinion addressing these issues.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations provided were inadequate as they did not address all relevant theories of entitlement (service connection, secondary service connection, and herbicide exposure) or provide reasoned medical explanations for the Veteran's prostate diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- prostate elevated, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), chronic prostatitis, high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2021
- Citation
- 21039991
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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