The Board has remanded the issues of service connection for adenocarcinoma, PTSD, hypertension, and bilateral hearing loss. The effective date for service connection for ischemic heart disease (coronary artery disease) remains denied.
The deciding factor: The effective date for service connection for ischemic heart disease was not earlier than August 31, 2010 due to the liberalizing law at that time.
- Claimed conditions
- Adenocarcinoma, Ischemic Heart Disease (Coronary Artery Disease)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2022
- Citation
- 22011075
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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.
- Denied
The Veteran's cause of death, adenocarcinoma, was not related to service or any exposure therein. The Board found no evidence linking the cancer to service and denied the claim.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, which was adenocarcinoma, finding no evidence linking it to his service or any service-connected disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for increased ratings and TDIU are remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations to assess the severity of his service-connected conditions.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran did not have herbicide exposure in service, and therefore cannot establish a presumption of service connection for ischemic heart disease. The evidence does not support finding direct service connection either.
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