The Board remands the issue of service connection for the Veteran's cause of death to obtain a medical opinion regarding whether the Veteran's causes of death were related to service, including conceded exposure to herbicide agents.
The deciding factor: A medical opinion is required to properly adjudicate the claim due to the Veteran's conceded exposure to herbicide agents during service and the potential relationship between his respiratory issues in service and his later liver cancer.
- Claimed conditions
- cardio-respiratory failure, adenocarcinoma of the liver
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2021
- Citation
- 21062210
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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