The appeal regarding entitlement to service connection for the cause of death was remanded due to a need for further fact-finding on potential herbicide exposure and other theories.
The deciding factor: Further development is needed to verify any potential in-service herbicide exposure, as well as other theories related to the Veteran's cause of death.
- Claimed conditions
- large B-cell lymphoma, graft versus host disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 12, 2021
- Citation
- 21062813
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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