The Board has remanded the cases for additional development due to insufficient evidence regarding service connection.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence was provided to establish a link between the Veteran's in-service exposure and his current conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of skin cancer, thyroid disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2021
- Citation
- 21042642
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for a heart disability and skin cancer due to herbicide exposure. The claims are being returned for additional development, including obtaining private treatment records and verifying surgical procedures.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for diabetes mellitus, type II and thyroid disorder due to insufficient rationale in the previous VA opinions. The Veteran's service connection claims are being returned for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for benign liver disorder, cervical disorder (claimed as cervical cancer), gallstones, kidney stones, thyroid disorder, and ovarian cysts secondary to a cervical disorder due to inadequate medical opinions. The Veteran contends her conditions are related to toxic exposures during service.
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